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DBMS > HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. Memcached vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. InfinityDB vs. Memcached vs. PostGIS

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgboilerbay.comwww.memcached.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikipostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBoiler Bay Inc.Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release2008200220032005
Current release2.3.4, January 20214.01.6.27, May 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysnoyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonouser defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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