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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Graphite vs. HugeGraph vs. Ignite vs. Snowflake

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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 FlinkData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Cloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.19
Rank#183  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score4.84
Rank#79  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#340  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#86  Overall
#12  Key-value stores
#46  Relational DBMS
Score125.38
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
ignite.apache.orgwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iohugegraph.apache.org/­docsapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationChris DavisBaiduApache Software FoundationSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20182006201820152014
Current release1.1.0, April 20230.9Apache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaC++, Java, .Net
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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.nononoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
HTTP API
Sockets
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyes (cache interceptors and events)no infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes (replicated cache)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknovia hugegraph-sparkyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
noneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoUsers, roles and permissionsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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