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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Realm vs. RRDtool vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Realm vs. RRDtool vs. YottaDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comrealm.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolyottadb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestrealm.io/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Tobias OetikerYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2016201419992001
Current release1.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesNumeric data onlyno
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.nonono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared library
Pipes
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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