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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. IRONdb vs. OrigoDB vs. SwayDB

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/origodb.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperHarperDBIBMCirconus LLC.Robert Friberg et alSimer Plaha
Initial release20171983 infohost version20172009 infounder the name LiveDB2018
Current release3.1, August 202112.1, October 2016V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree version is availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC and C++C and C++C#Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsUser defined using .NET types and collectionsno
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.NetJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesyes, in Luayesno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionAutomatic, metric affinity per nodehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)configurable replication factor, datacenter awareSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole based authorizationno

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