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DBMS > Hive vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Hive vs. Kdb vs. Newts vs. Quasardb

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopHigh performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orgkx.comopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.ai
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homecode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS Groupquasardb
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320142009
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.6, May 20183.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaqJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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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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