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DBMS > Altibase vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitealtibase.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.harperdb.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAltibaseChris DavisHarperDBMireo
Initial release1999200620172020
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92noSQL-like data manipulation statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and rolesyes

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