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DBMS > BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Linter vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Linter vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. VoltDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.RDBMS for high security requirementsA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solutionDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.comlinter.ruvictoriametrics.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
docs.voltdb.com
DeveloperCockroach Labsrelex.ruVictoriaMetricsVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20132015199020182010
Current release24.1.0, May 2024v1.91, May 202311.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoC and C++GoJava, C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Linux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLnoJava
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationSynchronous replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDnoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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