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System Properties Comparison Heroic vs. Informix vs. JanusGraph vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Sequoiadb

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NameHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
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Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixjanusgraph.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.janusgraph.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperSpotifyIBM, 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.Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20141984201719842013
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20200.6.3, February 20237.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++ and JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
HP Open VMSLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serversimple password-based access control

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