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DBMS > Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB vs. MonetDB

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB vs. MonetDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperUltra-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.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsA relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
www.monetdb.org
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.keydb.devwww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperGoogleChris DavisHarperDBEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.MonetDB BV
Initial release20152006201720192004
Current release3.1, August 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languagePythonNode.jsC++C
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data onlyyes infoJSON data typespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.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
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Luayes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)noneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsnoAtomic execution of specific operationsOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)noAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control and ACLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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