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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. QuestDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.A high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#377  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.hawkular.orgquestdb.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidequestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersCommunity supported by Red HatQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release201420142014
Current release5.0.1, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.depending on storage layernoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno
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