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DBMS > Graphite vs. OpenQM vs. RRDtool vs. YTsaurus

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. OpenQM vs. RRDtool vs. YTsaurus

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonYTsaurus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSIndustry 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.YTsaurus is an open source platform for distributed storage and processing.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#324  Overall
#45  Document stores
#48  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolytsaurus.tech
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docytsaurus.tech/­docs/­en
DeveloperChris DavisRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsTobias OetikerYandex
Initial release2006199319992023
Current release3.4-121.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Ubuntu
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyNumeric data onlyyes
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.noyesno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoYQL, an SQL-based language, is supported
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
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
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAccess Control Lists

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