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DBMS > Kdb vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Quasardb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Quasardb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solutionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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
Score1.90
Rank#127  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencequasar.aiwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOraclequasardbSybase, SAP
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200720091993
Current release3.6, May 201814.1, August 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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'noyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsyes infoLive Eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoconfigurableACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infooptionallyyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient modeno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbOracle CoherenceQuasardbSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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