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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. mSQL vs. RRDtool

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSIndustry 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 modelKey-value storeKey-value storeWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.32
Rank#283  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqloss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apidocs.datastax.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperAmazonCloudflareDataStaxHughes TechnologiesTobias Oetiker
Initial release20072018201119941999
Current release6.8, April 20204.4, October 20211.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaCC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesNumeric 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.nononono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
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 proceduresnonononono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infono "single point of failure"nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
nonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users can be defined per objectnono
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Amazon SimpleDBCloudflare Workers KVDatastax EnterprisemSQL infoMini SQLRRDtool
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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