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DBMS > FatDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HBase vs. OpenTSDB vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HBase vs. OpenTSDB vs. Realm

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeWide column storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitefirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorehbase.apache.orgopentsdb.netrealm.io
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorehbase.apache.org/­book.htmlopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperFatCloudGoogleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powersetcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20122017200820112014
Current release2.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoLGPLOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC#JavaJava
Server operating systemsWindowshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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 indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Servernononono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesC#Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javanono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyes, with Cloud Functionsyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesUsing Cloud Dataflowyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyes

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