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System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseorigodb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoftRobert Friberg et alSiteWhere
Initial release201520102009 infounder the name LiveDB2010
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.6V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetC++C#Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.yesyesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)Transact SQLyes
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)yes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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