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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. Hazelcast vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Hazelcast vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCockroachDB 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.A widely adopted in-memory data gridA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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Score4.17
Rank#65  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score5.55
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score1.34
Rank#149  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comhazelcast.comvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperCockroach LabsHazelcastVictoriaMetrics
Initial release201520082018
Current release24.1.0, May 20245.3.6, November 2023v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno
Triggersnoyes infoEventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal 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 RAFTSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoReplicated MapSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlRole-based access control

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