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System Properties Comparison H2 vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NuoDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. OrientDB

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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOracles in-memory data grid solutionMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitewww.h2database.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherenceorientdb.org
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdoc.nuodb.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencewww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperThomas MuellerInterSystemsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.OracleOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20052018201320072010
Current release2.2.220, July 20232023.3, June 202314.1, August 20233.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesnoSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsyesJava, SQLnoJava, Javascript
Triggersyesyesyesyes infoLive EventsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocolconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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