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DBMS > Graphite vs. Kdb vs. Splunk vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Kdb vs. Splunk vs. TempoIQ

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperHigh performance Time Series DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big DataScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webkx.comwww.splunk.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iocode.kx.comdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperChris DavisKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSplunk Inc.TempoIQ
Initial release20062000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320032012
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonq
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)no infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP RESTHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingno
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and rolessimple authentication-based access control
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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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