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DBMS > DolphinDB vs. FoundationDB vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. FoundationDB vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbboilerbay.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncFoundationDBBoiler Bay Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2018201320022013
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20226.2.28, November 20204.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagesupported in specific SQL layer onlynoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlynoJava, SQL
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlyno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsnonoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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