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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. GridGain vs. gStore vs. HBase

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
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.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#359  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.gridgain.comen.gstore.cnhbase.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocshbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperCockroach LabsGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release2015200720162008
Current release23.1.1, May 2023GridGain 8.5.11.2, November 20232.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, C++, .NetC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
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 RAFTShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes (replicated cache)Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

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