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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. NuoDB vs. PlanetScale vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. NuoDB vs. PlanetScale vs. Quasardb

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPlanetScale  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable, distributed, serverless MySQL database platform built on top of VitessDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseplanetscale.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iodoc.nuodb.complanetscale.com/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCCRi and othersChris DavisDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.PlanetScalequasardb
Initial release20142006201320202009
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageScalaPythonC++GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQLyes infoproprietary syntaxno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layernoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infotunable commit protocolACID at shard levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes infoMVCCyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infoTemporary tableyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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