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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. HBase vs. jBASE vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. HBase vs. jBASE vs. RDF4J

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeMultivalue DBMSRDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comhbase.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaserdf4j.org
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9rdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperCockroach LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2015200819912004
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 20215.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROoptionalyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
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 RAFTShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
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 controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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