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System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Kinetica vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA multi-model DBMS and application serverA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.kinetica.comwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.kinetica.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperInterSystemsInterSystemsKineticaOracleOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release19972018201220071984
Current release2018.1.4, May 20202023.3, June 20237.1, August 202114.1, August 20237.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMHP Open VMS
Data schemedepending on used data modeldepending on used data modelyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoconfigurableyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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