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DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. InfinityDB vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. InfinityDB vs. Postgres-XL

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DescriptionIn-memory caching systemGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#260  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Websitecachelot.iocloud.google.com/­bigtableboilerbay.comwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperGoogleBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release2015201520022014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release4.010 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes
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.nononoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononouser defined functions
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operationsACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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