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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. GeoSpock vs. HarperDB vs. Linter vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GeoSpock vs. HarperDB vs. Linter vs. Quasardb

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded 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 ScioreSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.RDBMS for high security requirementsDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgeospock.comwww.harperdb.iolinter.ruquasar.ai
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAmazonGeoSpockHarperDBrelex.ruquasardb
Initial release2007201719902009
Current release2.0, September 20193.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptNode.jsC and C++C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallytemporal, categoricalyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like data manipulation statementsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationAutomatic shardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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