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DBMS > InterSystems Caché vs. Pinecone vs. Quasardb vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison InterSystems Caché vs. Pinecone vs. Quasardb vs. TimesTen

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NameInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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 managed, cloud-native vector databaseDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseAn in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.02
Rank#87  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.pinecone.ioquasar.aiwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
DeveloperInterSystemsPinecone Systems, IncquasardbOracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release1997201920091998
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.14.1, January 2024Release 22.1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
IBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
Python.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPL/SQL
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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