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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Postgres-XL

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  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 ScioreGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Ultra-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.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.harperdb.iowww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperAmazonGoogleHarperDB
Initial release2007201520172014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release3.1, August 202110 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nonoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.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
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationAtomic single-row operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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