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DBMS > NuoDB vs. RRDtool vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison NuoDB vs. RRDtool vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsIndustry 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.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Tobias OetikerDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2013199920182011
Current release1.8.0, 202211.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableProlog, RustC#
Server operating systemshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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.nono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
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
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLnoyesno
TriggersyesnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennoneGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infotunable commit protocolnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersnoRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication

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