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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. MonetDB vs. ObjectBox vs. TerarkDB vs. YottaDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA relational database management system that stores data in columnsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.monetdb.orgobjectbox.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbyottadb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.objectbox.iobytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperChris DavisMonetDB BVObjectBox LimitedByteDance, originally TerarkYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20062004201720162001
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonCC and C++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesnono
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary native APIC++ API
Java API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusonline/offline synchronization between client and servernoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
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 datanoACIDACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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