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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LevelDB vs. OpenTSDB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score8.03
Rank#55  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#98  Overall
#17  Key-value stores
Score2.32
Rank#132  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldbopentsdb.net
Technical documentationcode.kx.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­master/­doc/­index.mdopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcGooglecurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320112011
Current release3.6, May 20181.23, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageqC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
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
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnono
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KdbLevelDBOpenTSDB
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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