DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. IBM Db2 vs. RRDtool vs. Solr vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. IBM Db2 vs. RRDtool vs. Solr vs. Transbase

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2oss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolsolr.apache.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2oss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperGoogleIBMTobias OetikerApache Software FoundationTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20081983 infohost version199920061987
Current release12.1, October 20161.8.0, 20229.6.0, April 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC and C++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableJavaC and C++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesNumeric data onlyyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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.nono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)yesnoSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
in-process shared library
Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App EngineyesnoJava pluginsyes
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using Paxosyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)noneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
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.noneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACIDnooptimistic lockingyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Google Cloud DatastoreIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2RRDtoolSolrTransbase
DB-Engines blog posts

Time Series DBMS are the database category with the fastest increase in popularity
4 July 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

Time Series DBMS as a new trend?
1 June 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

Elasticsearch replaced Solr as the most popular search engine
12 January 2016, Paul Andlinger

Enterprise Search Engines almost double their popularity in the last 12 months
2 July 2014, Paul Andlinger

The DB-Engines ranking includes now search engines
4 February 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Best cloud storage of 2024
21 May 2024, TechRadar

Google Cloud Stops Exit Fees
12 January 2024, Spiceworks News and Insights

BigID Data Intelligence Platform Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace
6 November 2023, PR Newswire

Google says it'll stop charging fees to transfer data out of Google Cloud
11 January 2024, TechCrunch

What is Google App Engine? | Definition from TechTarget
26 April 2024, TechTarget

provided by Google News

Announcing Amazon RDS for Db2 with license through AWS Marketplace | Amazon Web Services
21 May 2024, AWS Blog

IBM Collaborates with AWS to Launch a New Cloud Database Offering, Enabling Customers to Optimize Data ...
27 November 2023, IBM Newsroom

IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon
29 November 2023, The Register

Precisely says it's smoothing migration of Db2 analytics data to AWS cloud – Blocks and Files
5 April 2024, Blocks & Files

Precisely Supports Amazon RDS for Db2 Service with Real-Time Data Integration Capabilities
3 April 2024, precisely.com

provided by Google News

Cacti servers under attack by attackers exploiting CVE-2022-46169
16 January 2023, Help Net Security

Critical IP spoofing bug patched in Cacti
15 December 2022, The Daily Swig

How to install Cacti SNMP Monitor on Ubuntu
24 November 2017, TechRepublic

Installation Guide for Collectd and Collectd-Web to Monitor Server Resources in Linux
29 November 2017, Linux.com

SNMP: The Little Protocol That Could
7 November 2020, Techopedia

provided by Google News

SOLR-led walkout demands better conditions for Compass workers
27 February 2024, Daily Northwestern

(SOLR) Technical Data
17 May 2024, news.stocktradersdaily.com

SOLR hosts teach-in of labor movements at Northwestern
28 January 2024, Daily Northwestern

SOLR hosts May Day amid ongoing contract negotiations
12 May 2024, Daily Northwestern

SearchStax Launches Serverless Solr Service to Accelerate Cloud-Native Application Development
5 April 2023, PR Newswire

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

SingleStore logo

Build AI apps with Vectors on SQL and JSON with milliseconds response times.
Try it today.

Present your product here