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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. RRDtool vs. Transwarp KunDB

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Kdb vs. RRDtool vs. Transwarp KunDB

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp KunDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA multi-model DBMS and application serverHigh performance Time Series DBMSIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.OLTP DBMS based on a distributed architecture and highly compatible with MySQL and Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#341  Overall
#149  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachekx.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­kundb
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.comcode.kx.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperEsgynInterSystemsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcTobias OetikerTranswarp
Initial release201519972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20031999
Current release2018.1.4, May 20203.6, May 20181.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaqC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query language (q)noyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsnoyes
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EsgynDBInterSystems CachéKdbRRDtoolTranswarp KunDB
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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