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System Properties Comparison Spark SQL vs. TDengine

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Name

Description

Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing

Time Series DBMS and big data platform

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	23.04
Rank	#35	Overall
	#21	Relational DBMS

Score	1.07
Rank	#171	Overall
	#13	Time Series DBMS

Website

spark.apache.org/sql

github.com/taosdata/TDengine
tdengine.com

Technical documentation

spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html

www.taosdata.com/en/documentation

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

Taos Data

Initial release

2014

2019

Current release

3.3.0, June 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

GPL V3, also commercial editions available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Scala

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

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.

Secondary indexes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC

JDBC
RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Java
Python
R
Scala

.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Python
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Triggers

yes, via alarm monitoring

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes, utilizing Spark Core

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

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.

User concepts

Access control

yes

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

Open Source (AGPL v3) Enterprise / Cloud (https://www.taosdata.com/en/support/)
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