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DBMS > DataFS vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Interbase vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. Interbase vs. RRDtool

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  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.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandIndustry 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.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#315  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score3.78
Rank#77  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storewww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storedocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperMobiland AGIBMEmbarcaderoTobias Oetiker
Initial release2018201719841999
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.0InterBase 2020, December 20191.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++CC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data only
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.nonono infoexport as XML data possibleno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeyesno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C 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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive-active shard replicationInterbase Change Viewsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesNo - written data is immutableyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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