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System Properties Comparison IRONdb vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityHigh performance Time Series DBMSElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/kx.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsraima.com
Technical documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedcode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdocs.raima.com
DeveloperCirconus LLC.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftRaima Inc.
Initial release20172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320161984
Current releaseV0.10.20, January 20183.6, May 201815, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC and C++qC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyesyesyes
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.noyesnono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)SQL-like query language (q)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in Luauser defined functionsTransact SQLyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic, metric affinity per nodehorizontal partitioningSharding, horizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsyesno
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IRONdbKdbMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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