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DBMS > Graphite vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. SiriDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  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 JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQLOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.netsiridb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperChris DavisGoogleCesbit
Initial release2006201420052017
Current release2.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptCC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyes infoNumeric data
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDBnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes infobased on PostgreSQLsimple rights management via user accounts

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