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DBMS > Apache HBase vs. etcd vs. Valkey

System Properties Comparison Apache HBase vs. etcd vs. Valkey

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NameApache HBase  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonValkey infoOpen source key/value datastore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA distributed reliable key-value storeOpen source key/value datastore
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score24.48
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score7.06
Rank#47  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score1.00
Rank#182  Overall
#27  Key-value stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
valkey.io
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmletcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
github.com/­valkey-io/­valkey
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release20082024
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.4, August 2019Valkey 8.0.1, October 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
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 indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesyes, watching key changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Using Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
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 integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
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 & ABACno

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