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System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. NuoDB vs. openGauss vs. Quasardb vs. YugabyteDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  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.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
quasar.aiwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
doc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperFatCloudDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Huawei and openGauss communityquasardbYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20122013201920092017
Current release3.0, March 20223.14.1, January 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#C++C, C++, JavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsWindowshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServeryesANSI SQL 2011SQL-like query languageyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC#.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsJava, SQLyesnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)Sharding infoconsistent hashingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tablenoyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyes
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FatDBNuoDBopenGaussQuasardbYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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