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DBMS > EXASOL vs. GigaSpaces vs. Kdb vs. LevelDB

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. GigaSpaces vs. Kdb vs. LevelDB

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.gigaspaces.comkx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.md
DeveloperExasolGigaspaces TechnologiesKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogle
Initial release200020002000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011
Current release15.5, September 20203.6, May 20181.23, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetqC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith automatic compression on writes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlrights management via user accountsno
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EXASOLGigaSpacesKdbLevelDB
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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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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