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DBMS > Informix vs. jBASE vs. RDF4J vs. Tibero

System Properties Comparison Informix vs. jBASE vs. RDF4J vs. Tibero

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NameInformix  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  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 robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBMultivalue DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
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Score18.85
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#231  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score1.81
Rank#143  Overall
#65  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserdf4j.orgus.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tibero
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9rdf4j.org/­documentationtechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.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.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.TmaxSoft
Initial release1984199120042003
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20205.76, April 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaJavaC and Assembler
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesoptionalyesyes
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.yesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or composite
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno infoplanned for next version
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)

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