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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LMDB vs. MaxDB vs. Teradata

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series 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
Score1.99
Rank#125  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score45.33
Rank#21  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbmaxdb.sap.comwww.teradata.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­docmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.teradata.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymasSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Teradata
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201119841984
Current release3.6, May 20180.9.32, January 20247.9.10.12, February 2024Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noyesyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.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
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenoneSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbLMDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DTeradata
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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