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DBMS > Newts vs. OrientDB vs. Quasardb vs. Sphinx vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Newts vs. OrientDB vs. Quasardb vs. Sphinx vs. Valentina Server

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NameNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS based on CassandraMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websiteopennms.github.io/­newtsorientdb.orgquasar.aisphinxsearch.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­mastersphinxsearch.com/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPquasardbSphinx Technologies Inc.Paradigma Software
Initial release20142010200920011999
Current release3.2.29, March 20243.14.1, January 20243.5.1, February 20235.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binarynoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infowith tagsyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
Java API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP APIProprietary protocolODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, Javascriptnonoyes
TriggersnoHooksnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on CassandraShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed querieswith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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