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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. GBase vs. InfinityDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. GBase vs. InfinityDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query ServerKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.gbase.cnboilerbay.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASEdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAmazonGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Boiler Bay Inc.SAP, SybaseScyllaDB
Initial release20122004200219872015
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c4.016.0ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#JavaC
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoJava and Transact-SQLyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Amazon CloudSearchGBaseInfinityDBSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASEScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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