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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. GreptimeDB vs. OpenSearch

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Name

Description

All 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.

An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency

A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene

Primary database model

Object oriented DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Search engine

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

Vector DBMS

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Score	0.06
Rank	#354	Overall
	#15	Object oriented DBMS

Score	0.06
Rank	#352	Overall
	#33	Time Series DBMS

Score	16.36
Rank	#37	Overall
	#4	Search engines

Website

newdatabase.com

greptime.com

github.com/opensearch-project
opensearch.org

Technical documentation

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

docs.greptime.com

opensearch.org/docs/latest

Developer

Mobiland AG

Greptime Inc.

Amazon Web Services

Initial release

2018

2022

2021

Current release

1.1.263, October 2022

2.5.0, January 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Rust

Java

Server operating systems

Windows

Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

schema-free, schema definition possible

schema-free

Flexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Elasticsearch client

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Python

yes

Triggers

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

by using the 'percolation' feature

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Proprietary Sharding system

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Synchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

Windows-Profile

Simple rights management via user accounts

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Specific characteristics

GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantages

- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenarios

For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Key customers

Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metrics

GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing models

GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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