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DBMS > Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. OrientDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. OrientDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitekx.comopentsdb.netorientdb.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationcode.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120102009
Current release3.6, May 20183.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, Javascriptno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBaseShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBasenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno
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KdbOpenTSDBOrientDBTinkerGraph
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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