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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. Ingres vs. RocksDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. Ingres vs. RocksDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceWell established RDBMSEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score3.63
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresrocksdb.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.actian.com/­ingresgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikivelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.Actian CorporationFacebook, Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20021974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20132011
Current release4.012.0, July 20249.4.0, June 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaCC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesnoyes
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.nono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
C++ API
Java API
.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
TriggersnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyhorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneIngres Replicatoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoBased on Windows Authentication

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