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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Quasardb vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Quasardb vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB vs. YottaDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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 ScioreDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access dataA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbquasar.aigithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.ioyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwakanda.github.io/­docyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAmazonquasardbSTS Soft SCWakanda SASYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20072009201120122001
Current release3.14.1, January 20244.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C++, JavaScriptC
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infointeger and binaryyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesno
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 automaticallyyes infowith tagsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C#
Java
JavaScriptC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infoconsistent hashingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDnoACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnoyesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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