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DBMS > Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Newts vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational 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
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newtsopentsdb.netwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenNMS Groupcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSybase, SAP
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014201420111993
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoLGPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqJavaScriptJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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'yes infovia viewsnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)nononoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Telnet API
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptJavaErlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnononofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbLokiJSNewtsOpenTSDBSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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