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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Netezza vs. Prometheus vs. RRDtool

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemIndustry 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.
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.10
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score9.06
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzaprometheus.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmprometheus.io/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMcObjectIBMTobias Oetiker
Initial release20122001200020151999
Current release21.2, February 20218.2, 20211.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++GoC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceLinux
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyNumeric data only
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availableno infoImport of XML data possibleno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIin-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
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 proceduresyesyesnono
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationyes infoby Federationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptnono
More information provided by the system vendor
EventStoreDBeXtremeDBNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMPrometheusRRDtool
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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