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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. Kingbase vs. SWC-DB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. Kingbase vs. SWC-DB vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orghbase.apache.orgwww.kingbase.com.cngithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Alex KashirinParadigma Software
Initial release20142008199920201999
Current release2.3.4, January 2021V8.0, August 20210.5, April 20215.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC and JavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C++.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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