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DBMS > eXtremeDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. IBM Cloudant vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. IBM Cloudant vs. OpenEdge

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comwww.gigaspaces.comwww.hawkular.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperMcObjectGigaspaces TechnologiesCommunity supported by Red HatIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Progress Software Corporation
Initial release20012000201420101984
Current release8.2, 202115.5, September 2020OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC and C++Java, C++, .NetJavaErlang
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availableno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnonoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyes, event driven architectureyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding infobased on CassandraShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
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.yesyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers and groups
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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