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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Kdb vs. mSQL vs. Percona Server for MySQL vs. Postgres-XL

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsHigh performance Time Series DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSEnhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL based on XtraDB or TokuDB storage engines with improved performance and additional diagnostic and management features.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score2.10
Rank#119  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comkx.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.percona.com/­software/­mysql-database/­percona-serverwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlcode.kx.comwww.percona.com/­downloads/­Percona-Server-LATESTwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcHughes TechnologiesPercona
Initial release20002000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199420082014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release15.5, September 20203.6, May 20184.4, October 20218.0.36-28, 202410 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetqCC and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesnoyesyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query language (q)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
XtraDB Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlrights management via user accountsnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GigaSpacesKdbmSQL infoMini SQLPercona Server for MySQLPostgres-XL
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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