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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HBase vs. Ingres vs. OrigoDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableWell established RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Wide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.58
Rank#92  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score4.67
Rank#77  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablehbase.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresorigodb.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingresorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetActian CorporationRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201520081974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release2.3.4, January 202111.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaCC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptions to bring your own types, AVROyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyhorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Ingres ReplicatorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization

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