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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Splunk

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  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.M2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.90
Rank#68  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#346  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score71.39
Rank#18  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.splunk.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperCockroach LabsSiteWhereSplunk Inc.
Initial release201520102003
Current release24.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemapredefined schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes
Triggersnoyes
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 infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users and roles

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