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DBMS > Graphite vs. Greenplum vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Greenplum vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. YottaDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.19
Rank#62  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreenplum.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlyottadb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greenplum.orgdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhereyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperChris DavisPivotal Software Inc.MicrosoftSAP infoformerly SybaseYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20062005201019922001
Current release7.0.0, September 2023V1217, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languagePythonC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
LinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyesno
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2yesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesTransact SQLyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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