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DBMS > Ingres vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Ingres vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PostGIS vs. SWC-DB

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NameIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWell established RDBMSA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablespostgis.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingrespostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperActian CorporationMicrosoftAlex Kashirin
Initial release1974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s201220052020
Current release11.2, May 20223.4.2, February 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCCC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.no infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres Replicatoryes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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