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System Properties Comparison Apache HBase vs. Fauna

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NameApache HBase  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score22.12
Rank#27  Overall
#3  Wide column stores
Score1.46
Rank#145  Overall
#26  Document stores
#13  Graph DBMS
#67  Relational DBMS
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgfauna.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.fauna.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetFauna, Inc.
Initial release20082014
Current release2.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hosted
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROno
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
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functions
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACIdentity management, authentication, and access control

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