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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. NuoDB vs. OpenQM vs. RDF4J vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmrdf4j.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdoc.nuodb.comrdf4j.org/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Rocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.SAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032013199320041992
Current release3.6, May 20183.4-1217, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageqC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes infoRDF Schemasyes
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava, SQLyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesnoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbNuoDBOpenQM infoalso called QMRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
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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