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DBMS > Drizzle vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. Kdb vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. Kdb vs. Newts

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.High performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngreenplum.orgkx.comopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationdocs.greenplum.orgcode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerEsgynPivotal Software Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS Group
Initial release2008201520052000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014
Current release7.2.4, September 20127.0.0, September 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaqJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesyesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsno
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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