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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Informix vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Informix vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP IQ

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataApplication development environment with integrated database management systemColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
documentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latesthelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperCCRi and othersIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Progress Software CorporationSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2014198419841994
Current release4.0.5, February 202414.10.FC5, November 2020OpenEdge 12.2, March 202016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC, C++ and Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.depending on storage layeryesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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