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System Properties Comparison Greenplum vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. NuoDB vs. OpenEdge vs. RisingWave

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NameGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Microsofts flagship relational DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Websitegreenplum.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.progress.com/­openedgewww.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationdocs.greenplum.orglearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdoc.nuodb.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperPivotal Software Inc.MicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Progress Software CorporationRisingWave Labs
Initial release20051989201319842022
Current release7.0.0, September 2023SQL Server 2022, November 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 20201.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSON
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.yes infosince Version 4.2yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) JavaJava, SQLyesUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers and groupsUsers and Roles

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