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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Db2 vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Db2 vs. Lovefield

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelEvent StoreSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score123.05
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2google.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2github.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedCCRi and othersIBMGoogle
Initial release201220141983 infohost version2014
Current release21.2, February 20215.0.1, July 202412.1, October 20162.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
TriggersnoyesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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