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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. GBase vs. QuestDB vs. Solr vs. Sphinx

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.gbase.cnquestdb.iosolr.apache.orgsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspquestdb.io/­docssolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperMobiland AGGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.QuestDB Technology IncApache Software FoundationSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20182004201420062001
Current release1.1.263, October 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c9.6.1, May 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaC++
Server operating systemsWindowsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingno
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava pluginsno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)ShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writesoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profileyesyesno
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DataFSGBaseQuestDBSolrSphinx
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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