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DBMS > Graphite vs. Informix vs. Machbase Neo

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Informix vs. Machbase Neo

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score18.85
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#324  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixmachbase.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.ioinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
machbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperChris DavisIBM, 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.Machbase
Initial release200619842013
Current release14.10.FC5, November 2020V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languagePythonC, C++ and JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlssimple password-based access control

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