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DBMS > Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ScyllaDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. ScyllaDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 networksHigh performance Time Series DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorykx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAtos Convergence CreatorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftScyllaDBAlex Kashirin
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201020152020
Current release17033.6, May 2018V12ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
Data schemeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsLDAPHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsTransact SQLyes, Luano
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
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.yesyesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlLDAP bind authenticationrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Atos Standard Common RepositoryKdbMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureScyllaDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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