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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. Ingres vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. Ingres vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceWell established RDBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlhbase.apache.orgboilerbay.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.actian.com/­ingresvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBoiler Bay Inc.Actian CorporationParadigma Software
Initial release2016200820021974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s1999
Current release2.3.4, January 20214.011.2, May 20225.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available
Secondary indexesyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyesyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneIngres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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