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DBMS > RRDtool vs. SQL.JS vs. SurrealDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison RRDtool vs. SQL.JS vs. SurrealDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  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.Port of SQLite to JavaScriptA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
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Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websiteoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolsql.js.orgsurrealdb.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperTobias OetikerAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSurrealDB LtdTranswarp
Initial release199920122022
Current release1.8.0, 2022v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsHP-UX
Linux
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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 possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared library
Pipes
JavaScript APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
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
JavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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