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System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Riak KV vs. searchxml

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NamejBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMSMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologiesinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release19912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003198920092015
Current release5.73.6, May 2018SQL Server 2022, November 20223.2.0, December 20221.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC++ErlangC++
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalyesyesnoyes
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.yesyesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesrestrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languages.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) JavaErlangyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding infono "single point of failure"none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionselectable replication factoryes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, using Riak SecurityDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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jBASEKdbMicrosoft SQL ServerRiak KVsearchxml
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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