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DBMS > Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Cassandra vs. NuoDB vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Cassandra vs. NuoDB vs. Snowflake

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NameAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websiteatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.bigchaindb.comcassandra.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdoc.nuodb.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperAtos Convergence CreatorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20162016200820132014
Current release17034.1.3, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalnoyesyesyes
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsLDAPCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages with LDAP bindingsGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQLuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infocell divisionShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlLDAP bind authenticationyesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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Atos Standard Common RepositoryBigchainDBCassandraNuoDBSnowflake
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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