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System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. GigaSpaces vs. GridDB vs. TDengine

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  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.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comgriddb.netgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.griddb.netdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGigaspaces TechnologiesToshiba CorporationTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2008200020132019
Current release7.2.4, September 201215.5, September 20205.1, August 20223.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetC++C
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Standard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBCGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes, event driven architectureyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobs
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at container level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes
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DrizzleGigaSpacesGridDBTDengine
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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