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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Spark SQL

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouseboilerbay.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperIBMBoiler Bay Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2014200219842014
Current release4.07.4.1.1, 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScala
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMHP Open VMSLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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.no infoImport/export of XML data possiblenonono
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaJava
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsyes, on a single nodeno
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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