Kdb+ is a column-based relational time series database (TSDB) with in-memory (IMDB) abilities, developed by Kx Systems. The goal of Kdb+ database is to serve as a central repository to store time series data and support real-time analysis for large amount of data.[04]
- Source Code
- https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb[02]
- Tech Docs
- https://code.kx.com/home/[03]
- Developer
- Country of Origin
- US
- Start Year
- 1998 [04]
- Former Name
- kdb
- Acquired By
- Project Type
- Commercial
- License
- Proprietary
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kdb+[04]
Kdb+ is a column-based relational time series database (TSDB) with in-memory (IMDB) abilities, developed by Kx Systems. The goal of Kdb+ database is to serve as a central repository to store time series data and support real-time analysis for large amount of data.[04]
History[04]
Kx Systems originaly released kdb in 1998. It was a database built on the K programming language developed by Arthur Whitney. In 2003, Kx Systems released kdb+ as a 64-bit version of kdb.
Compression[05]
Kdb+ supports compression in following ways: - A built-in WebSocket server which supports WebSocket compression standard. - In-flight compression between hosts. - On-disk compression, which supports 4 algorithms : -- kdb+ algorithm -- gzip -- Google Snappy -- lzh4c
