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DBMS > H2GIS vs. InfinityDB vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. InfinityDB vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgboilerbay.comkx.comopentsdb.net
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homeboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualcode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperCNRSBoiler Bay Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release201320022000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011
Current release4.03.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaqJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2nouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2noneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2norights management via user accountsno
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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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