Apache Cassandra vs IBM DB2

A side-by-side look at Apache Cassandra and IBM DB2. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache Cassandra

Databases

Apache Cassandra is a free, open-source, distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure.

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IBM DB2

Business & Commerce

IBM DB2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by IBM. It supports advanced database features like row-level locking, stored procedures, triggers, XML data type storage, and native JSON data type support. DB2 runs on multiple platforms like Linux, UNIX, and Windows.

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