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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Kdb vs. Memcached vs. OrigoDB vs. STSdb

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlkx.comwww.memcached.orgorigodb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewcode.kx.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRobert Friberg et alSTS Soft SC
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320032009 infounder the name LiveDB2011
Current release3.6, May 20181.6.27, May 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageqCC#C#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesyesno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)nonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.NetC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolRole based authorizationno
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBKdbMemcachedOrigoDBSTSdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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