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

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceHigh performance Time Series DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
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
Websiteboilerbay.comkx.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssiridb.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualcode.kx.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerBoiler Bay Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcinformationpartners gmbhCesbit
Initial release200820022000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152017
Current release7.2.4, September 20124.03.6, May 20181.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaqC++C
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesyes 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 indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaC
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.noyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnomultiple 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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnorights 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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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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