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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. GBase vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GBase vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. Prometheus

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  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 ScioreWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.High performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.gbase.cnkx.comopentsdb.netprometheus.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbcode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAmazonGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release200720042000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320112015
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonqJavaGo
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsNumeric 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.yesyesnono infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBasenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yesrights management via user accountsnono
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Amazon SimpleDBGBaseKdbOpenTSDBPrometheus
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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