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System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. Kdb vs. SpaceTime

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.High performance Time Series DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.39
Rank#86  Overall
#11  Key-value stores
#45  Relational DBMS
Score8.94
Rank#51  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#404  Overall
#6  Spatial DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgkx.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docscode.kx.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMireo
Initial release20152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032020
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.63.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetqC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (q)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsno
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accountsyes
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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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