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System Properties Comparison Apache HBase vs. RocksDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache HBase  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score22.12
Rank#27  Overall
#3  Wide column stores
Score3.14
Rank#80  Overall
#11  Key-value stores
Score1.01
Rank#179  Overall
#31  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgrocksdb.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikisurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetFacebook, Inc.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release200820132022
Current release2.3.4, January 20219.4.0, June 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSDOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyes
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 indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
C++ API
Java API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)yesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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