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DBMS > Amazon Aurora vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Kdb

System Properties Comparison Amazon Aurora vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Kdb

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NameAmazon Aurora  Xexclude from comparisonApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMySQL and PostgreSQL compatible cloud service by AmazonApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.48
Rank#45  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score17.39
Rank#32  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score6.99
Rank#51  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­rds/­auroraspark.apache.org/­sqlkx.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­AmazonRDS/­latest/­AuroraUserGuide/­CHAP_Aurora.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlcode.kx.com
DeveloperAmazonApache Software FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release201520142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageScalaq
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnorights management via user accounts
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon AuroraApache Spark (SQL)Kdb
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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