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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. HarperDB vs. RRDtool vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. HarperDB vs. RRDtool vs. YottaDB

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudUltra-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.Industry 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.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.harperdb.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.harperdb.io/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAmazonHarperDBTobias OetikerYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2012201719992001
Current release3.1, August 20211.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
HP-UX
Linux
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesNumeric data onlyno
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.nono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
in-process shared library
Pipes
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.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 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
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesAccess rights for users and rolesnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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