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DBMS > Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. SpaceTime

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CCRi and othersHarperDBKineticaMireo
Initial release20022014201720122020
Current release1.1, February 20175.0.0, May 20243.1, August 20217.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaNode.jsC, C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layeryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenoAtomic execution of specific operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyes

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