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DBMS > Microsoft SQL Server vs. RRDtool vs. SAP HANA vs. SQream DB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. RRDtool vs. SAP HANA vs. SQream DB vs. SWC-DB

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSAP HANA  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.In-memory, column based data store. Available as appliance or cloud servicea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith SAP Hana, Enterprise Edition
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score44.27
Rank#23  Overall
#16  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serveross.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.sap.com/­products/­hana.htmlsqream.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serveross.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­dochelp.sap.com/­hanadocs.sqream.com
DeveloperMicrosoftTobias OetikerSAPSQream TechnologiesAlex Kashirin
Initial release19891999201020172020
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20221.8.0, 20222.0 SPS07 (April 4, 2023), April 20232022.1.6, December 20220.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoalso available as a cloud based servicenono
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++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Appliance or cloud-serviceLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
in-process shared library
Pipes
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) JavanoSQLScript, Ruser defined functions in Pythonno
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnoneyeshorizontal and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes

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