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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. UniData,UniVerse

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL Server

MultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities

Primary database model

Key-value store

Relational DBMS

Multivalue DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store

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Score	6.41
Rank	#66	Overall
	#9	Key-value stores

Score	21.62
Rank	#36	Overall
	#22	Relational DBMS

Score	4.39
Rank	#85	Overall
	#2	Multivalue DBMS

Website

aerospike.com

azure.microsoft.com/services/synapse-analytics

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-u2

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

docs.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-u2/documentation

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Microsoft

Rocket Software

Initial release

2012

2016

1985

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

hosted

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

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

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC

Java API

JPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

C#
Java
PHP

.Net
Basic

U2 Basic
C
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

Transact SQL

yes

Triggers

yes

U2 Basic

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Sharding, horizontal partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

yes

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configuration

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

ACID

configurable

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.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

yes

Access rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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News

Aerospike Announces Aerospike SQL Powered by Starburst
15 June 2022

Aerospike Unveils Database 6
27 April 2022

AWS Sponsors Aerospike’s Summit 2022: Mission Now
6 April 2022

Aerospike Accelerates Real-time Data Management in the Cloud
29 March 2022

Aerospike’s Rapid Growth Lands Spot on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Pacific Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
16 March 2022

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DB-Engines blog posts

Evaluating Hbase and Aerospike Solutions for Real-time System of Record
17 March 2020, Srini Srinivasan, Aerospike (sponsor)

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