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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. etcd vs. FoundationDB vs. jBASE vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. etcd vs. FoundationDB vs. jBASE vs. STSdb

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the 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 FlinkA distributed reliable key-value storeOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Multivalue DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#176  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score7.64
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#188  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#86  Relational DBMS
Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
github.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmletcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
apple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFoundationDBRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)STS Soft SC
Initial release2018201319912011
Current release1.1.0, April 20233.4, August 20196.2.28, November 20205.74.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnono infosome layers support typingoptionalyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenosupported in specific SQL layer onlyEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoin SQL-layer onlyyesno
Triggersyesyes, watching key changesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.yesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnonoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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