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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MySQL vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMySQL  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerWidely used open source RDBMSRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached APIRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial 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
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1083.74
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.mysql.comraima.com
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldev.mysql.com/­docdocs.raima.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then SunRaima Inc.
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201019951984
Current release3.6, May 2018V128.4.0, April 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageqC++C and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLyes infoproprietary syntaxyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabrichorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableMulti-source replication
Source-replica 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 or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infonot for MyISAM storage engineACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesno
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KdbMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureMySQLRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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