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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Netezza vs. SpaceTime vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Netezza vs. SpaceTime vs. YottaDB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzawww.mireo.com/­spacetimeyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftIBMMireoYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2010200020202001
Current releaseV12
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C
Server operating systemshostedLinux infoincluded in applianceLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLyesno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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Microsoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMSpaceTimeYottaDB
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