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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. NuoDB vs. openGauss vs. SAP IQ vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldoc.nuodb.comdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
help.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Huawei and openGauss communitySAP, formerly SybaseSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20002013201919941992
Current release15.5, September 20203.0, March 202216.1 SPS04, April 201917, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++C, C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesANSI SQL 2011yesyes
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication ServerSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tablenonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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