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DBMS > Ingres vs. Oracle Coherence vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Ingres vs. Oracle Coherence vs. QuestDB

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NameIngres  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWell established RDBMSOracles in-memory data grid solutionA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencequestdb.io
Technical documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencequestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperActian CorporationOracleQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release1974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20072014
Current release11.2, May 202214.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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 availablenono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres Replicatoryes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDconfigurableACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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IngresOracle CoherenceQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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