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DBMS > GigaSpaces vs. HBase vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Oracle Coherence vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. HBase vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Oracle Coherence vs. SpaceTime

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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 BigTableDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerOracles in-memory data grid solutionSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Wide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comhbase.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencewww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMicrosoftOracleMireo
Initial release20002008201020072020
Current release15.5, September 20202.3.4, January 2021V1214.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJavaC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes
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 metadatanoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in JavaTransact SQLnono
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesyesyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
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
yes, with always 3 replicas availableyes, with selectable consistency levelReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationyes

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