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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. HBase vs. MaxDB vs. NSDb vs. Sadas Engine

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionUltra-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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iohbase.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comnsdb.iowww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationnsdb.io/­Architecturewww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperHarperDBApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997SADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20172008198420172006
Current release3.1, August 20212.3.4, January 20217.9.10.12, February 20248.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsJavaC++Java, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.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++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoCoprocessors in Javayesnono
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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