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System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. Graphite vs. Ingres vs. Raima Database Manager vs. WakandaDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperWell established RDBMSRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresraima.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.raima.comwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperFoundationDBChris DavisActian CorporationRaima Inc.Wakanda SAS
Initial release201320061974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s19842012
Current release6.2.28, November 202011.2, May 202215, June 20212.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonCCC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynoyesyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationyes
Triggersnonoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes infoMVCCyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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