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DBMS > Geode vs. Graphite vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Graphite vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.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 CPUs
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.com
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.h2database.com/­html/­main.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.Chris DavisThomas MuellerHarperDBKinetica
Initial release20022006200520172012
Current release1.1, February 20172.2.220, July 20233.1, August 20217.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaNode.jsC, C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
Unix
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)noyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definablenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table level

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