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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NuoDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NuoDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Solr

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlsolr.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.nuodb.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheresolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperIBMMicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SAP infoformerly SybaseApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142010201319922006
Current releaseV1217, July 20159.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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 possibleyesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyesSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLTransact SQLJava, SQLyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or PerlJava plugins
Triggersyesyesyesyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tableyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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