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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. NSDb

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.25
Rank#115  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldbwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbmaxdb.sap.comnsdb.io
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdwww.lmdb.tech/­docmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGoogleSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011201119842017
Current release3.6, May 20181.23, February 20210.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSDOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC++CC++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, string
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nonoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyesno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyesyesUsing Apache Lucene
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbLevelDBLMDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DNSDb
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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