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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. DataFS vs. jBASE vs. Prometheus vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. DataFS vs. jBASE vs. Prometheus vs. Splunk

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseprometheus.iowww.splunk.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9prometheus.io/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMobiland AGRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Splunk Inc.
Initial release20182018199120152003
Current release1.1.0, April 20231.1.263, October 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)WindowsAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonoyesno infoImport of XML data possibleyes
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoyes
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Proprietary Sharding systemShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesyes infoby FederationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
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.yesnoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesWindows-ProfileAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAccess rights for users and roles

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