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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. Hypertable

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionCockroachDB 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.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as Hadoop
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#319  Overall
#141  Relational DBMS
Score9.23
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.esgyn.cngreenplum.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.greenplum.org
DeveloperCockroach LabsEsgynPivotal Software Inc.Hypertable Inc.
Initial release2015201520052009
Current release23.1.1, May 20237.0.0, September 20230.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Data schemedynamic schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scans
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal 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 RAFTShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor on file system level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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