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System Properties Comparison HBase vs. LevelDB vs. Quasardb vs. ReductStore vs. SpatiaLite

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orggithub.com/­google/­leveldbquasar.aigithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mddoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.reduct.store/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetGooglequasardbReductStore LLCAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20082011200920232008
Current release2.3.4, January 20211.23, February 20213.14.1, January 20241.9, March 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSDcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno

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