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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. Ingres vs. TigerGraph

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableWell established RDBMSA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orghbase.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetActian Corporation
Initial release201420081974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2017
Current release4.0.5, February 20242.3.4, January 202111.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesyes
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Ingres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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