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DBMS > Kdb vs. Netezza vs. RDF4J vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Netezza vs. RDF4J vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Open Source Time Series DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRDF storeTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score9.06
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzardf4j.orgsiridb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationcode.kx.comrdf4j.org/­documentationdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcIBMSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.CesbitMireo
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032000200420172020
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes
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'yesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyesnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usednono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptnosimple rights management via user accountsyes
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KdbNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSiriDBSpaceTime
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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