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DBMS > Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Newts vs. QuestDB vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Newts vs. QuestDB vs. Snowflake

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NameAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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 networksElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websiteatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsopennms.github.io/­newtsquestdb.iowww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiquestdb.io/­docsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperAtos Convergence CreatorsMicrosoftOpenNMS GroupQuestDB Technology IncSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20162016201420142014
Current release1703
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL with time-series extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsLDAPADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages with LDAP bindingsC#
Java
PHP
JavaC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLnonouser defined functions
Triggersyesnononono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infocell divisionSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)yes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnoACID for single-table writesACID
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.yesnoyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlLDAP bind authenticationyesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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Atos Standard Common RepositoryMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseNewtsQuestDBSnowflake
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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