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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. HBase vs. Realm vs. STSdb vs. TerarkDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitephoenix.apache.orghbase.apache.orgrealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orghbase.apache.org/­book.htmlrealm.io/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SCByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20142008201420112016
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20192.3.4, January 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC#C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)no
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javano inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyesnono

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