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System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere vs. Valentina Server

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverrockset.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewherewww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.rockset.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperMicrosoftRocksetSiteWhereParadigma Software
Initial release1989201920101999
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20225.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freepredefined schemeyes
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 supportedno
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP RESTHTTP RESTODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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