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DBMS > Kdb vs. Newts vs. OpenTSDB vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Newts vs. OpenTSDB vs. Sequoiadb

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational 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
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comopennms.github.io/­newtsopentsdb.netwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS Groupcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201420112013
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Telnet API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaErlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoJavaScript
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBaseEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnonosimple password-based access control
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KdbNewtsOpenTSDBSequoiadb
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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