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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Kdb vs. Kinetica vs. STSdb

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.High performance Time Series DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.hawkular.orgkx.comwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docswww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidecode.kx.comdocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperGoogleCommunity supported by Red HatKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcKineticaSTS Soft SC
Initial release200820142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320122011
Current release3.6, May 20187.1, August 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC, C++C#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)noSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP RESTHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Enginenouser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infowith viewsyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using Paxosselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsnononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)norights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelno
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Google Cloud DatastoreHawkular MetricsKdbKineticaSTSdb
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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