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System Properties Comparison OpenSearch vs. RocksDB vs. YottaDB

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NameOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelSearch engineKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score16.79
Rank#33  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score2.73
Rank#97  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#314  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
rocksdb.orgyottadb.com
Technical documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latestgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAmazon Web ServicesFacebook, Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release202120132001
Current release2.5.0, January 20239.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSDOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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STACKIT OpenSearch offers OpenSearch in a managed version in enterprise grade, 100% GDPR-compliant, for a wide range of applications like analytics, website search, offering scalability and fast data access.
Implementation languageJavaC++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnono
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
Secondary indexesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
C++ API
Java API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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OpenSearchRocksDBYottaDB
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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