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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. SwayDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelKey-value storeRDF storeSpatial DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.orghbase.apache.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSimer Plaha
Initial release20072000201420082018
Current release4.9.0, July 20235.0.0, May 20242.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaScala
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersnoyes infovia event handlernoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnonedepending on storage layerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonedepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACID infoTDB TransactionsnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)Atomic execution of 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.depending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access control via Jena Securityyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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