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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. InfinityDB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. InfinityDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.harperdb.ioboilerbay.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.harperdb.io/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBBoiler Bay Inc.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20162008201720022016
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.1, August 20214.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysno
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 indexesyesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
JavaC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesnono

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