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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. STSdb

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Wide column storeKey-value storeWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comhbase.apache.orgboilerbay.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablesgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBoiler Bay Inc.MicrosoftSTS Soft SC
Initial release20002008200220122011
Current release15.5, September 20202.3.4, January 20214.04.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VMhostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnononono
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesno

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