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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. GigaSpaces vs. HBase vs. Realm vs. TimesTen

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsWide-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 DataIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Wide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.32
Rank#288  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.35
Rank#165  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.gigaspaces.comhbase.apache.orgrealm.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlrealm.io/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperAxibase CorporationGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20132000200820141998
Current release1558515.5, September 20202.3.4, January 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javano inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryPL/SQL
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
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 controlRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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