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DBMS > Hive vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Netezza vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Hive vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Netezza vs. Sadas Engine

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopHigh performance Time Series DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orgkx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzawww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homecode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftIBMSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201020002006
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.6, May 2018V128.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaqC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux infoincluded in applianceAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (q)yesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsTransact SQLyesno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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HiveKdbMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMSadas Engine
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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