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DBMS > Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. RRDtool vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison Quasardb vs. QuestDB vs. RRDtool vs. VoltDB

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NameQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataIndustry 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.Distributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score1.38
Rank#156  Overall
#72  Relational DBMS
Websitequasar.aiquestdb.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperquasardbQuestDB Technology IncTobias OetikerVoltDB Inc.
Initial release2009201419992010
Current release3.14.1, January 20241.8.0, 202211.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableJava, C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infointeger and binaryyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyes infowith tagsnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensionsnoyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
in-process shared library
Pipes
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
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#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoJava
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodswith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnoUsers and roles with access to stored procedures
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