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DBMS > HBase vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Access vs. QuestDB vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Access vs. QuestDB vs. STSdb

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitehbase.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessquestdb.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetGoogleMicrosoftQuestDB Technology IncSTS Soft SC
Initial release20082014199220142011
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.1.12, February 20171902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenono
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003no
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HBaseLovefieldMicrosoft AccessQuestDBSTSdb
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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