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DBMS > Microsoft SQL Server vs. Prometheus vs. SAP HANA vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. Prometheus vs. SAP HANA vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonSAP HANA  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemIn-memory, column based data store. Available as appliance or cloud serviceA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith SAP Hana, Enterprise Edition
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score44.69
Rank#22  Overall
#16  Relational DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverprometheus.iowww.sap.com/­products/­hana.htmlvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverprometheus.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­hanadocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperMicrosoftSAPVictoriaMetrics
Initial release1989201520102018
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20222.0 SPS07 (AprilĀ 4, 2023), April 2023v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoalso available as a cloud based serviceno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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SQLServer Flex @ STACKIT offers a managed version of SQL Server with adjustable CPU, RAM, storage amount and speed, in enterprise grade to perfectly match all application requirements. All services are 100% GDPR-compliant.
Implementation languageC++GoGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Appliance or cloud-serviceFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoImport of XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) JavanoSQLScript, Rno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyes infoby FederationyesSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes

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