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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. OpenTSDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  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.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.89
Rank#59  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#365  Overall
#3  Event Stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score2.11
Rank#150  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storeopentsdb.net
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storeopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsIBMcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release201520172011
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinux
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnonono
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 RAFTShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTActive-active shard replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesNo - written data is immutableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyes
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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Typical application scenariosSystem of record (financial ledger, inventory management, transaction record), identity...
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, LUSH, Bose, Shipt, Bitski, Five9,...
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Market metrics10K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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