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System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. HBase vs. Pinecone vs. SQL.JS vs. Trafodion

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA managed, cloud-native vector databasePort of SQLite to JavaScriptTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeVector DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnhbase.apache.orgwww.pinecone.iosql.js.orgtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperEsgynApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetPinecone Systems, IncAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20152008201920122014
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJavaJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
PythonJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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