DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Informix vs. LMDB vs. OpenMLDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison Informix vs. LMDB vs. OpenMLDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Solr

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameInformix  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenMLDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryAn open-source machine learning database that provides a feature platform for training and inferenceA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#125  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Score0.02
Rank#367  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbopenmldb.aiwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlsolr.apache.org
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
www.lmdb.tech/­docopenmldb.ai/­docs/­zh/­mainwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Symas4 Paradigm Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Apache Software Foundation
Initial release19842011202019842006
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20200.9.32, January 20242024-2 February 20247.4.1.1, 20219.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaCC++, Java, ScalaJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
LinuxHP Open VMSAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyesyes 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyesSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
SQLAlchemy
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoJava plugins
Triggersyesnonoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-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 integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyes, on a single nodeoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
InformixLMDBOpenMLDBOracle RdbSolr
DB-Engines blog posts

Elasticsearch replaced Solr as the most popular search engine
12 January 2016, Paul Andlinger

Enterprise Search Engines almost double their popularity in the last 12 months
2 July 2014, Paul Andlinger

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

IBM Informix: A key part of IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy
11 January 2024, IBM

Unlock the value of your Informix data for advanced analytics and AI with watsonx.data
24 April 2024, IBM

IBM Unleashes 'Cheetah' Database
17 October 2023, InformationWeek

IBM Informix review: What you need to know about the software
12 December 2022, TechRepublic

IBM Informix Database in the Cloud | AWS News Blog
1 May 2009, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

The Tom Brady Data Biography
8 September 2023, StatsBomb

Automating SAP S/4HANA Migration with IT-Conductor, BGP Managed Services, and AWS | Amazon Web Services
22 August 2023, AWS Blog

The Lightning Memory-mapped Database
2 March 2016, InfoQ.com

Connecting the worlds of metabolomics databases
15 June 2021, Medical Xpress

Samsung Announces Standards-Compliant Key-Value SSD Prototype
5 September 2019, AnandTech

provided by Google News

MLOp practice: using OpenMLDB in the real-time anti-fraud model for the bank's online transaction
23 August 2021, Towards Data Science

Predictive maintenance — 5minutes demo of an end to end machine learning project
13 August 2021, Towards Data Science

Compared to Native Spark 3.0, We Have Achieved Significant Optimization Effects in the AI
3 August 2021, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

Oracle Adds New AI-Enabling Features To MySQL HeatWave
23 March 2023, Forbes

Should we all consolidate databases for the storage benefits? Reg vultures deploy DevOps, zoos, haircuts
18 September 2020, The Register

2013 Data Science Salary Survey – O'Reilly
4 May 2013, oreilly.com

provided by Google News

(SOLR) Technical Data
17 May 2024, Stock Traders Daily

SOLR-led walkout demands better conditions for Compass workers
27 February 2024, Daily Northwestern

Solana Token Creator by Solr Network Becomes the Fastest-Growing Platform on Solana
17 May 2024, Digital Journal

Best Practices from Rackspace for Modernizing a Legacy HBase/Solr Architecture Using AWS Services | Amazon Web ...
9 October 2023, AWS Blog

SOLR hosts teach-in of labor movements at Northwestern
28 January 2024, Daily Northwestern

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here