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DBMS > RRDtool vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison RRDtool vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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.Open Source Time Series DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.19
Rank#106  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#362  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#392  Overall
#6  Spatial DBMS
Websiteoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolsiridb.comwww.mireo.hr/­spacetime
Technical documentationoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperTobias OetikerCesbitMireo
Initial release199920172020
Current release1.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableCC++
Server operating systemsHP-UX
Linux
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyes infoNumeric datayes
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 possiblenono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared library
Pipes
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
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++
Go
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accountsyes

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