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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. Informix vs. jBASE vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. Informix vs. jBASE vs. RRDtool

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareIndustry 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 modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.24
Rank#306  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9oss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperAlibabaIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Tobias Oetiker
Initial release198419911999
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20205.71.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesoptionalNumeric 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.noyesno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
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 proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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