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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  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 ScioreGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSWide column storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.geomesa.orghbase.apache.orgwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperAmazonCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetPercona
Initial release2007201420082015
Current release5.0.0, May 20242.3.4, January 20213.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 automaticallyyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJavaScript
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyes
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate 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 applicationnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
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.depending on storage layeryesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users and roles

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