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DBMS > RRDtool vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB vs. Spark SQL vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison RRDtool vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. ScyllaDB vs. Spark SQL vs. Splunk

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NameRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustry 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.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websiteoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.scylladb.comspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­dochelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.scylladb.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperTobias OetikerSAP infoformerly SybaseScyllaDBApache Software FoundationSplunk Inc.
Initial release19991992201520142003
Current release1.8.0, 202217, July 2015ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC++Scala
Server operating systemsHP-UX
Linux
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyesyes
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.no infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleyesnonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared library
Pipes
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC 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#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes, Luanoyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoin-memory tablesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoAccess rights for users and roles
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RRDtoolSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereScyllaDBSpark SQLSplunk
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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