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System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. HBase vs. Ignite vs. Memcached vs. SpaceTime

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnhbase.apache.orgignite.apache.orgwww.memcached.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docsgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperEsgynApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software FoundationDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMireo
Initial release20152008201520032020
Current release2.3.4, January 2021Apache Ignite 2.61.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJavaC++, Java, .NetCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnoyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Proprietary protocolRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersnoyesyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes (replicated cache)none infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolyes

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