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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financekx.comopentsdb.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperAxibase CorporationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320111992
Current release155853.6, May 201817, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaqJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)noyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AxibaseKdbOpenTSDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
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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