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DBMS > EDB Postgres vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. IRONdb vs. MaxDB

System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. IRONdb vs. MaxDB

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NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/maxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperEnterpriseDBInterSystemsCirconus LLC.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2005201820171984
Current release14, December 20212023.3, June 2023V0.10.20, January 20187.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesyes, in Luayes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingAutomatic, metric affinity per nodenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EDB PostgresInterSystems IRISIRONdbMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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