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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Kdb vs. Lovefield vs. RRDtool vs. Sphinx

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#124  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score6.03
Rank#60  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
kx.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualscode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleTobias OetikerSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20082000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201419992001
Current release11.0, January 20213.6, May 20182.1.12, February 20171.8.0, 20223.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaqJavaScriptC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariHP-UX
Linux
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyno
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.noyesnono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
in-process shared library
Pipes
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptC infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnonenoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnonono
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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