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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. mSQL vs. SWC-DB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. mSQL vs. SWC-DB vs. VelocityDB

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
velocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCockroach LabsHughes TechnologiesAlex KashirinVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2015199420202011
Current release23.1.1, May 20234.4, October 20210.5, April 20217.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoCC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemedynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C++.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
TriggersnononoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
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 RAFTnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoBased on Windows Authentication

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