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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. Splunk

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  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.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerChris DavisHarperDBKineticaSplunk Inc.
Initial release20082006201720122003
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.1, August 20217.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonNode.jsC, C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsyes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights for users and roles

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