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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Kdb vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Sqrrl

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Kdb vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Sqrrl

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  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.Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.High performance Time Series DBMSA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Adaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache Accumulo
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitekx.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbsqrrl.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)PerconaAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.
Initial release20082000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003198420152012
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.6, May 20187.4.1.1, 20213.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++qC++Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language (q)yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
proprietary protocol using JSONAccumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJavaScriptno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infomaking use of Hadoop
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoop
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyes, on a single nodenoAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entity
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.yesnoyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and rolesCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
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DrizzleKdbOracle RdbPercona Server for MongoDBSqrrl
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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