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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. GigaSpaces vs. Ignite vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. GigaSpaces vs. Ignite vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.gigaspaces.comignite.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tables
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software FoundationMicrosoft
Initial release2016200020152012
Current release15.5, September 2020Apache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++, Java, .Net
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-99 for query and DML statementsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyes (cache interceptors and events)no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes (replicated cache)yes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

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