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DBMS > FoundationDB vs. HarperDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. HarperDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.harperdb.iowww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperFoundationDBHarperDBPercona
Initial release201320172015
Current release6.2.28, November 20203.1, August 20213.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyCustom Functions infosince release 3.1JavaScript
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles

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