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DBMS > Kdb vs. Quasardb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Quasardb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Valentina Server

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational 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
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#313  Overall
#140  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comquasar.aiwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdoc.quasar.ai/­mastervalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcquasardbSybase, SAPParadigma Software
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003200919931999
Current release3.6, May 20183.14.1, January 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infowith tagsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Delphi
Perl
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesyes
Triggersyes infowith viewsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-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 processingwith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbQuasardbSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSValentina Server
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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