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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Kylin vs. Hypertable vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Kylin vs. Hypertable vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. OrientDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
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 distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopCloud-based data warehousing serviceMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
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Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbkylin.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouseorientdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbkylin.apache.org/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncHypertable Inc.IBMOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20072015200920142010
Current release3.1.0, July 20200.9.8.11, March 20163.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hostedAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyesSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPL/SQL, SQL PLJava, Javascript
TriggersnonoyesHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor on file system levelyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACID
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
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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