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DBMS > Graphite vs. gStore vs. Informix vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. gStore vs. Informix vs. Rockset

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#359  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-weben.gstore.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixrockset.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.ioen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.rockset.com
DeveloperChris DavisIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Rockset
Initial release2006201619842019
Current release1.2, November 202314.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSDcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languagePythonC++C, C++ and JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesdynamic typing
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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