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DBMS > EXASOL vs. Graphite vs. Milvus vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. Graphite vs. Milvus vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.exasol.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webmilvus.iospark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesgraphite.readthedocs.iomilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperExasolChris DavisApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release20002006201920142011
Current release2.4.4, May 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++, GoScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnono
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EXASOLGraphiteMilvusSpark SQLSTSdb
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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