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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseWidely used in-process key-value storeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comkx.comopentsdb.netwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmltinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperMcObjectKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release20012000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201119942009
Current release8.2, 20213.6, May 201818.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++qJavaC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsnoyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availableyesnoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query language (q)noyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
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
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyes infowith viewsnoyes infoonly for the SQL APIno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBasenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBasenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnonono
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eXtremeDBKdbOpenTSDBOracle Berkeley DBTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Integrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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provides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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tick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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kdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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