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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Prometheus vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Prometheus vs. TempoIQ

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score7.56
Rank#49  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasepostgis.netprometheus.iotempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdoc.nuodb.compostgis.net/­documentationprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.TempoIQ
Initial release20022013200520152012
Current release4.03.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++CGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonoyesno infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnono
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infobased on PostgreSQLyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infotunable commit protocolACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary tablenonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infobased on PostgreSQLnosimple authentication-based access control

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