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DBMS > DataFS vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. NSDb vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. NSDb vs. SpaceTime

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageRelational DBMS
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldnsdb.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperMobiland AGGoogleMireo
Initial release20182013201420172020
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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 indexesnonoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptJava
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime DatabaseUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-Profilesimple rights management via user accountsnoyes
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DataFSInfluxDBLovefieldNSDbSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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