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System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. InfluxDB

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Name

Description

Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/Linux

DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics

Primary database model

Relational DBMS info

Since Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDB

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store
RDF store info

in DB2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)

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Score	161.90
Rank	#6	Overall
	#5	Relational DBMS

Score	24.15
Rank	#28	Overall
	#1	Time Series DBMS

Website

www.ibm.com/analytics/db2

www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview

Technical documentation

www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG

docs.influxdata.com/influxdb

Developer

IBM

Initial release

1983

host version

2013

Current release

12.1, October 2016

1.8.0, April 2020

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial info

free version is available

Open Source info

MIT-License; commercial enterprise version available

Cloud-based only info

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) info

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C and C++

Server operating systems

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS

Linux
OS X info

through Homebrew

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

Numeric data and Strings

XML support info

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries info

MongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery

HTTP API
JSON over UDP

Supported programming languages

C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic

.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala

Server-side scripts info

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods info

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

only with Windows/Unix/Linux Version

Sharding

in enterprise version only

Replication methods info

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

with separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)

selectable replication factor info

in enterprise version only

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Foreign keys info

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts info

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency info

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability info

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities info

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

Depending on used storage engine

User concepts info

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

simple rights management via user accounts

More information provided by the system vendor

Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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