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DBMS > InterSystems Caché vs. OpenQM vs. PouchDB vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. OpenQM vs. PouchDB vs. Teradata Aster

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA multi-model DBMS and application serverQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmpouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.compouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperInterSystemsRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsApache Software FoundationTeradata
Initial release1997199320122005
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.4-127.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.yesyesnoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesView functions in JavaScriptR packages
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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