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DBMS > Graphite vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph vs. RRDtool vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Lovefield vs. Memgraph vs. RRDtool vs. Sequoiadb

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmemgraph.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmemgraph.com/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperChris DavisGoogleMemgraph LtdTobias OetikerSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20062014201719992013
Current release2.1.12, February 20171.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC and C++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxHP-UX
Linux
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesNumeric data onlyyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nononono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
in-process shared library
Pipes
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoJavaScript
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers, roles and permissionsnosimple password-based access control
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Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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