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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Graphite vs. Informix vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Graphite vs. Informix vs. SiteWhere

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.ioinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
sitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperChris DavisIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.SiteWhere
Initial release2013200619842010
Current release14.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoPythonC, C++ and JavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlyyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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