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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SAP IQ vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SAP IQ vs. Valentina Server

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)SAP, formerly SybaseParadigma Software
Initial release2002198419941999
Current release4.07.4.1.1, 202116.1 SPS04, April 20195.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMHP Open VMSAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes
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 API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
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 capabilityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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