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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. FatDB vs. FeatureBase vs. HBase

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. FatDB vs. FeatureBase vs. HBase

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the 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.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Real-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSWide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.featurebase.comhbase.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.featurebase.comhbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsFatCloudMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release2015201220172008
Current release24.1.0, May 20242022, May 20222.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC#GoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
macOS
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerSQL queriesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia applicationsyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsnoyes
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 RAFTselectable replication factoryesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using Linux fsyncyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

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