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DBMS > Kdb vs. Rockset vs. Teradata Aster vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Rockset vs. Teradata Aster vs. TinkerGraph

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitekx.comrockset.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocksetTeradata
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201920052009
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyes
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supportedyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'all fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoR packagesno
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningAutomatic shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes 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 accountsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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KdbRocksetTeradata AsterTinkerGraph
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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