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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. HBase vs. Heroic vs. Sphinx

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitenewdatabase.comhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsphbase.apache.org/­book.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperMobiland AGApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSpotifySphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2018200820142001
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.3.4, January 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesno
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 indexesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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