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DBMS > IBM Db2 Event Store vs. mSQL vs. ReductStore vs. Sphinx vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 Event Store vs. mSQL vs. ReductStore vs. Sphinx vs. Tkrzw

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NameIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.27
Rank#309  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
sphinxsearch.comdbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storewww.reduct.store/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperIBMHughes TechnologiesReductStore LLCSphinx Technologies Inc.Mikio Hirabayashi
Initial release20171994202320012020
Current release2.04.4, October 20211.9, March 20243.5.1, February 20230.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnono
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimeA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive-active shard replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of dataNo - written data is immutablenoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonono

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