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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. HBase vs. QuestDB vs. RocksDB vs. STSdb

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRDF storeWide column storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.97
Rank#88  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score31.60
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.69
Rank#115  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score4.52
Rank#80  Overall
#10  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#344  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlhbase.apache.orgquestdb.iorocksdb.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlquestdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetQuestDB Technology IncFacebook, Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release20002008201420132011
Current release4.9.0, July 20232.3.4, January 20218.10.0, December 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSDOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnoyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL with time-series extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID for single-table writesyesno
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.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono
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Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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