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DBMS > GBase vs. Lovefield vs. Quasardb vs. SAP IQ vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison GBase vs. Lovefield vs. Quasardb vs. SAP IQ vs. TimesTen

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
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Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gbase.cngoogle.github.io/­lovefieldquasar.aiwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddoc.quasar.ai/­masterhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.GooglequasardbSAP, formerly SybaseOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20042014200919941998
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.1.12, February 20173.14.1, January 202416.1 SPS04, April 201911 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC#JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyesPL/SQL
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSAP/Sybase Replication ServerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoby using LevelDByesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByes infoTransient modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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