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DBMS > IBM Db2 vs. KairosDB vs. SAP IQ vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. KairosDB vs. SAP IQ vs. searchxml

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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
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Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2github.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2kairosdb.github.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperIBMSAP, formerly Sybaseinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release1983 infohost version201319942015
Current release12.1, October 20161.2.2, November 201816.1 SPS04, April 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding infobased on Cassandrashared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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