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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Ehcache vs. Kinetica vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Ehcache vs. Kinetica vs. OrientDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.ehcache.orgwww.kinetica.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.kinetica.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupAmazonTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGKineticaOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20162007200920122010
Current release3.10.0, March 20227.1, August 20213.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJCacheJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functionsJava, Javascript
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Tunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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