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DBMS > Greenplum vs. Kdb vs. Riak TS vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Greenplum vs. Kdb vs. Riak TS vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.High performance Time Series DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitegreenplum.orgkx.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationdocs.greenplum.orgcode.kx.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperPivotal Software Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20052000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152023
Current release7.0.0, September 20233.6, May 20183.0.0, September 20221.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqErlangC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoVector, Numeric and String
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.yes infosince Version 4.2yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'restrictedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)yes, limitedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsErlangno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infolinks between datasets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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