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System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. GridDB vs. Kdb vs. searchxml vs. SiriDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  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.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataHigh performance Time Series DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitegriddb.netkx.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssiridb.com
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netcode.kx.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerToshiba CorporationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcinformationpartners gmbhCesbit
Initial release200820132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152017
Current release7.2.4, September 20125.1, August 20223.6, May 20181.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++qC++C
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesyes infoNumeric data
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelnomultiple readers, single writerno
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users can be defined per databaserights management via user accountsDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicessimple rights management via user accounts
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DrizzleGridDBKdbsearchxmlSiriDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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