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DBMS > InterSystems IRIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. mSQL vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. mSQL vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SwayDB

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSWidely used in-process key-value storeAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableshughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperInterSystemsMicrosoftHughes TechnologiesOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleSimer Plaha
Initial release20182012199419942018
Current release2023.3, June 20234.4, October 202118.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)Scala
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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.yesnonoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononono
Triggersyesnonoyes infoonly for the SQL APIno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.noneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic lockingnoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesnonono
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