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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GigaSpaces vs. OpenQM vs. SiteWhere vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GigaSpaces vs. OpenQM vs. SiteWhere vs. Splunk

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.gigaspaces.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.splunk.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGigaspaces TechnologiesRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSiteWhereSplunk Inc.
Initial release20142000199320102003
Current release15.5, September 20203.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionspredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesnoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-99 for query and DML statementsnonono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyes
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yesselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users and roles

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