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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. SpaceTime vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Graphite vs. SpaceTime vs. SwayDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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 WhisperSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.mireo.com/­spacetimeswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.io
DeveloperCCRi and othersChris DavisMireoSimer Plaha
Initial release2014200620202018
Current release4.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaPythonC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesno
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 indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layernoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoyesno

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