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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. Ehcache vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. InfinityDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. Ehcache vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. InfinityDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.hawkular.orgboilerbay.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guideboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupCockroach LabsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCommunity supported by Red HatBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release20162015200920142002
Current release23.1.1, May 20233.10.0, March 20224.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJCacheHTTP RESTAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaGo
Java
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononono
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infovia Hawkular Alertingno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
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.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlnonono

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