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DBMS > Graphite vs. openGemini vs. RRDtool vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. openGemini vs. RRDtool vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityIndustry 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.A fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#375  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
oss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.opengemini.org/­guideoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperChris DavisHuawei and openGemini communityTobias OetikerVictoriaMetrics
Initial release2006202219992018
Current release1.1, July 20231.8.0, 2022v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonGoC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyInteger, Float, Boolean, StringNumeric data only
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.nonono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
HTTP RESTin-process shared library
Pipes
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAdministrators and common users accountsno

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