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DBMS > FatDB vs. Netezza vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. Netezza vs. Rockset vs. SingleStore vs. VelocityDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Data warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score9.06
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzarockset.comwww.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.rockset.comdocs.singlestore.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperFatCloudIBMRocksetSingleStore Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20122000201920132011
Current release8.5, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC#C++C++, GoC#
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux infoincluded in appliancehostedLinux info64 bit version requiredAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyesyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServeryesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP RESTCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyesnoyesno
Triggersyes infovia applicationsnononoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingAutomatic shardingSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesBased on Windows Authentication
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FatDBNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMRocksetSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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