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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Graphite vs. Memgraph vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Graphite vs. Memgraph vs. RRDtool

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jIndustry 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.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.82
Rank#205  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Score5.19
Rank#62  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webmemgraph.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewgraphite.readthedocs.iomemgraph.com/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAlibabaChris DavisMemgraph LtdTobias Oetiker
Initial release200620171999
Current release1.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC and C++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
LinuxHP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesNumeric data only
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.yesnonono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C 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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers, roles and permissionsno
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBGraphiteMemgraphRRDtool
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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