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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Solr vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Solr vs. SWC-DB

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeSearch engineWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastoresolr.apache.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperGoogleApache Software FoundationAlex Kashirin
Initial release200820062020
Current release9.6.0, April 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)Solr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App EngineJava pluginsno
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using Paxosyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes

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