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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. Blueflood vs. GeoMesa vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. Blueflood vs. GeoMesa vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.High performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#353  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitekylin.apache.orgblueflood.iowww.geomesa.orgkx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikiwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncRackspaceCCRi and othersKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release2015201320142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014
Current release3.1.0, July 20204.0.5, February 20243.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaqJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyespredefined schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)nonoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on Cassandradepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandradepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
depending on storage layerImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonodepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagerights management via user accountsno
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Apache KylinBluefloodGeoMesaKdbLokiJS
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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