DBMS > RRDtool vs. Sadas Engine vs. ToroDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison RRDtool vs. Sadas Engine vs. ToroDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.

Description

Industry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database.

The data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments

A MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL

A fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution

Primary database model

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	2.14
Rank	#124	Overall
	#10	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.03
Rank	#379	Overall
	#156	Relational DBMS

Score	1.42
Rank	#161	Overall
	#14	Time Series DBMS

Website

oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool

www.sadasengine.com

github.com/torodb/server

victoriametrics.com

Technical documentation

oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc

www.sadasengine.com/en/sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/#documentation

docs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki

Developer

Tobias Oetiker

SADAS s.r.l.

8Kdata

VictoriaMetrics

Initial release

1999

2006

2016

2018

Current release

1.8.0, 2022

8.0

v1.91, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPL V2 and FLOSS

commercial

free trial version available

Open Source

AGPL-V3

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

Implementation language

Implementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available

C++

Java

Server operating systems

HP-UX
Linux

AIX
Linux
Windows

All OS with a Java 7 VM

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

Numeric data only

yes

string, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Exporting into and restoring from XML files possible

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

in-process shared library
Pipes

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write

Supported programming languages

with librrd library
C#

with a different implementation of RRDTool
Java

with a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js)

with a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP

with a wrapper library
Python
Ruby

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Source-replica replication

Synchronous replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

by using the rrdcached daemon

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

Access rights for users and roles

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources

DB-Engines blog posts

Time Series DBMS are the database category with the fastest increase in popularity
4 July 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

Time Series DBMS as a new trend?
1 June 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

SQLi vulnerability in Cacti could lead to RCE (CVE-2023-51448)
9 January 2024, Help Net Security

Critical IP spoofing bug patched in Cacti
15 December 2022, The Daily Swig

Cacti: Using Graphs to Monitor Networks and Devices
16 March 2011, Packt Hub

A plotting utility for text mode consoles and terminals @tenox77
28 June 2023, Adafruit Blog

How to install Cacti SNMP Monitor on Ubuntu
24 November 2017, TechRepublic

provided by Google News

L'azienda italiana Advanced System colpita dal ransomware. Lo avverte l'azienda con un comunicato stampa
29 December 2022, Red Hot Cyber

provided by Google News

OpenTelemetry Is Too Complicated, VictoriaMetrics Says
1 April 2024, Datanami

KubeCon24: VictoriaMetrics' Simpler Alternative to Prometheus
20 March 2024, The New Stack

VictoriaMetrics Machine Learning takes monitoring to the next level
19 March 2024, Business Wire

VictoriaMetrics takes organic growth over investor pressure
11 December 2023, The Register

VictoriaMetrics Unveils Free Trial of Its Enterprise Solution for Enhanced Monitoring and Observability
7 December 2023, Datanami

provided by Google News

Share this page