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DBMS > gStore vs. HBase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NuoDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison gStore vs. HBase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NuoDB vs. VelocityDB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA 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 transactionsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
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
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cnhbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdoc.nuodb.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20162008201820132011
Current release1.2, November 20232.3.4, January 20212023.3, June 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in JavayesJava, SQLno
TriggersyesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.noyesyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersBased on Windows Authentication
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