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System Properties Comparison Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. IRONdb vs. Kdb

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NameFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.A distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.postgresql.fastware.comwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/kx.com
Technical documentationwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedcode.kx.com
DeveloperPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyCirconus LLC.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release20172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current releaseFujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 2022V0.10.20, January 20183.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCC and C++q
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)SQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, in Luauser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodespartitioning by range, list and by hashAutomatic, metric affinity per nodehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnorights management via user accounts
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Fujitsu Enterprise PostgresIRONdbKdb
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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tick 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 metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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