DBMS > FatDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Ingres vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Ingres vs. Spark SQL

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Name

FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.

Description

A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.

High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented Transactions

Well established RDBMS

Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing

Primary database model

Document store
Key-value store

Document store
Object oriented DBMS

Values are user defined objects

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS
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Score	0.97
Rank	#175	Overall
	#30	Document stores
	#6	Object oriented DBMS

Score	6.10
Rank	#69	Overall
	#38	Relational DBMS

Score	22.86
Rank	#35	Overall
	#21	Relational DBMS

Website

www.gigaspaces.com

www.actian.com/data-management/ingres-sql-rdbms

spark.apache.org/sql

Technical documentation

docs.gigaspaces.com/latest/landing.html

docs.actian.com/ingres

spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html

Developer

FatCloud

Gigaspaces Technologies

Actian Corporation

Apache Software Foundation

Initial release

2012

2000

1974

originally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s

2014

Current release

15.5, September 2020

11.0, April 2017

3.2.0, October 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2; Commercial licenses available

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java, C++, .Net

Scala

Server operating systems

Windows

Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows

AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

XML can be used for describing objects metadata

but tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Via inetgration in SQL Server

SQL-99 for query and DML statements

yes

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

APIs and other access methods

.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings

GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data

.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)

JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala

Java
Python
R
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

via applications

yes

Triggers

yes

via applications

yes, event driven architecture

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Ingres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously

yes, utilizing Spark Core

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Multi-source replication

synchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication

synchronous or asynchronous

Ingres Replicator

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Map-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executors

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

MVCC

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Can implement custom security layer via applications

Role-based access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

Specific characteristics

GigaSpaces, the pioneer of In-Memory Computing , drives enterprise digital transformation...
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Competitive advantages

AI Driven Autonomous Operations – GigaSpaces’ unique AI driven technology simplifies...
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Typical application scenarios

Application Acceleration, Smart Caching, BI Acceleration on Fresh Data, Digital Integration...
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Key customers

Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, PriceRunner, Cerner, Societe Generale,...
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Market metrics

Forrester has positioned GigaSpaces as a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™:...
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Licensing and pricing models

GigaSpaces offers both open source and commercial editions with annual subscriptions....
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