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DBMS > Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Snowflake vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Snowflake vs. Spark SQL

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NameAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.86
Rank#210  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score7.69
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score125.38
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score19.56
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Websiteatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.bigchaindb.comkx.comwww.snowflake.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAtos Convergence CreatorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSnowflake Computing Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release201620162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142014
Current release17033.6, May 20183.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaPythonqScala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalnoyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsLDAPCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages with LDAP bindingsGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infocell divisionShardinghorizontal partitioningyesyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlLDAP bind authenticationyesrights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationno
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Atos Standard Common RepositoryBigchainDBKdbSnowflakeSpark SQL
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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