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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. FileMaker vs. Graphite vs. Milvus vs. Trafodion

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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 FlinkFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webmilvus.iotrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iomilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleChris DavisApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20181983200620192014
Current release1.1.0, April 202319.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonC++, GoC++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes infovia pluginsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
PHPJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnonoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
noneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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