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System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. NuoDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score1.88
Rank#130  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseopentsdb.netwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdoc.nuodb.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201320111994
Current release3.6, May 201818.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC++JavaC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsno
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.yesnonoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yesnoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
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
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava, SQLnono
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnoyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-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 Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnono
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KdbNuoDBOpenTSDBOracle Berkeley DB
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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