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DBMS > GridDB vs. Interbase vs. Memcached vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. Interbase vs. Memcached vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SAP IQ

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitegriddb.netwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.memcached.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikihelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperToshiba CorporationEmbarcaderoDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMicrosoftSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20131984200320121994
Current release5.1, August 2022InterBase 2020, December 20191.6.27, May 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++CC
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesnoyesyes
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 infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagenonoyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationInterbase Change Viewsnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.SAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACIDnooptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GridDBInterbaseMemcachedMicrosoft Azure Table StorageSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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