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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. mSQL vs. Quasardb vs. Warp 10

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series 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
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#344  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableshughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlquasar.aiwww.warp10.io
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftHughes TechnologiesquasardbSenX
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032012199420092015
Current release3.6, May 20184.4, October 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageqCC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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'noyesyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIHTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononoyes infoWarpScript
Triggersyes infowith viewsnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.noneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic lockingnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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KdbMicrosoft Azure Table StoragemSQL infoMini SQLQuasardbWarp 10
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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