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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Kdb vs. openGauss vs. Quasardb

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webkx.comgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
quasar.ai
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iocode.kx.comdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
doc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperChris DavisKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcHuawei and openGauss communityquasardb
Initial release20062000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320192009
Current release3.6, May 20183.0, March 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonqC, C++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)ANSI SQL 2011SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)Sharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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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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