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Name

IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.

Description

An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency

A distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicity

Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system

Primary database model

Time Series DBMS

Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	0.09
Rank	#343	Overall
	#31	Time Series DBMS

Score	1.04
Rank	#184	Overall
	#84	Relational DBMS

Score	7.56
Rank	#49	Overall
	#3	Time Series DBMS

Website

greptime.com

www.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb.html

prometheus.io

Technical documentation

docs.greptime.com

docs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-started

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb-doc.html

prometheus.io/docs

Developer

Greptime Inc.

Circonus LLC.

Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Initial release

2022

2017

1984

2015

Current release

V0.10.20, January 2018

7.4.1.1, 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Rust

C and C++

Server operating systems

Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux

HP Open VMS

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free, schema definition possible

schema-free

Flexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

text, numeric, histograms

yes

Numeric data only

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Import of XML data possible

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)

yes

APIs and other access methods

gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC

HTTP API

RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript

.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala

.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Python

yes, in Lua

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Automatic, metric affinity per node

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

configurable replication factor, datacenter aware

yes

by Federation

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Immediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes, on a single node

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

Simple rights management via user accounts

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Specific characteristics

GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages

- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenarios

For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customers

Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metrics

GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing models

GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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