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DBMS > Graphite vs. Heroic vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SpaceTime vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Heroic vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SpaceTime vs. YottaDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.mireo.com/­spacetimeyottadb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iospotify.github.io/­heroicwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperChris DavisSpotifyOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)MireoYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20062014198420202001
Current release7.4.1.1, 2021
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 servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
HP Open VMSLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes, on a single nodenooptimistic 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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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