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DBMS > BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. etcd vs. HBase vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. etcd vs. HBase vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn 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.A distributed reliable key-value storeWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score7.25
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.cometcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
hbase.apache.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
hbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperCockroach LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2013201520082013
Current release23.1.1, May 20233.4, August 20192.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnooptions 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 indexesnoyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
JSON over HTTP
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJavaScript
Triggersnonoyes, watching key changesyesno
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 RAFTUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoSingle 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 controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple password-based access control

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