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DBMS > IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Newts vs. SAP IQ vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Newts vs. SAP IQ vs. ScyllaDB

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NameIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.19
Rank#323  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storeopennms.github.io/­newtswww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storegithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikihelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperIBMOpenNMS GroupSAP, formerly SybaseScyllaDB
Initial release2017201419942015
Current release2.016.1 SPS04, April 2019ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimenoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
JavaC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrashared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive-active shard replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSAP/Sybase Replication Serverselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of dataNo - written data is immutableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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IBM Db2 Event StoreNewtsSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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