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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. RRDtool vs. Spark SQL vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. RRDtool vs. Spark SQL vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
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Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmloss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperTobias OetikerApache Software FoundationTranswarp
Initial release200119992014
Current release2.7.2, June 20231.8.0, 20223.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableScala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesHP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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.nono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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