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DBMS > Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Ingres vs. Oracle Rdb

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Ingres vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  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.HarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.Well established RDBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.55
Rank#243  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.63
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.harperdb.iowww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingreswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperGoogleHarperDBActian CorporationOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release201520171974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s1984
Current release3.1, August 202112.0, July 20247.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageNode.jsC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMS
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedIngres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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