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System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. HBase vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackAn embedded key-value store for Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.comhbase.apache.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncCockroach LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20152013201520082013
Current release3.1.0, July 202023.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJavaScript
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)Document is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple password-based access control

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