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

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

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  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.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.kinetica.comrocksdb.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.kinetica.comgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CCRi and othersKineticaFacebook, Inc.Mireo
Initial release20022014201220132020
Current release1.1, February 20175.0.1, July 20247.1, August 20219.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC, C++C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes 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 layerShardinghorizontal partitioningFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationyesReal-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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenonoyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesdepending on storage layeryes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoyes

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