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DBMS > HBase vs. Interbase vs. Memcached vs. OrientDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Interbase vs. Memcached vs. OrientDB vs. PostGIS

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Spatial 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
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.memcached.orgorientdb.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetEmbarcaderoDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20081984200320102005
Current release2.3.4, January 2021InterBase 2020, December 20191.6.27, May 20243.2.29, March 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCCJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnoyesyes
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.nono infoexport as XML data possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language, no joinsyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagenoJava, Javascriptuser defined functions
TriggersyesyesnoHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Interbase Change Viewsnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityMulti-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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