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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. RRDtool vs. searchxml vs. Stardog vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score2.07
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.stardog.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqloss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.stardog.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTobias Oetikerinformationpartners gmbhStardog-UnionRocket Software
Initial release20141999201520101985
Current release1.8.0, 20221.07.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentscommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++JavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP-UX
Linux
WindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlyyesyesoptional
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serveryes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIin-process shared library
Pipes
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoon the application serveruser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javayes
Triggersyesnonoyes infovia event handlersyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsMulti-source replication in HA-ClusterSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenomultiple readers, single writerACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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