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DBMS > Databricks vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Hypertable vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. NuoDB

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopCloud-based data warehousing serviceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperDatabricksGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Hypertable Inc.IBMDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20132012200920142013
Current release0.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialcommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.yesnono infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregateslimited functionality with using 'rules'noPL/SQL, SQL PLJava, SQL
TriggersCallbacks are triggered when data changesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor on file system levelyesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlyes, based on authentication and database rulesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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DatabricksFirebase Realtime DatabaseHypertableIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBNuoDB
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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