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DBMS > DataFS vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. HBase vs. OpenTSDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. HBase vs. OpenTSDB vs. QuestDB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.hawkular.orghbase.apache.orgopentsdb.netquestdb.io
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidehbase.apache.org/­book.htmlopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperMobiland AGCommunity supported by Red HatApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powersetcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20182014200820112014
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP RESTJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
Telnet API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemSharding infobased on CassandraShardingSharding infobased on HBasehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfilenoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno
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DataFSHawkular MetricsHBaseOpenTSDBQuestDB
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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