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DBMS > HBase vs. Lovefield vs. OrientDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Lovefield vs. OrientDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Tkrzw

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)M2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitehbase.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldorientdb.orggithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheredbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetGoogleOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSiteWhereMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release20082014201020102020
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.1.12, February 20173.2.29, March 20240.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")predefined schemeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyesno
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language, no joinsnono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoJava, Javascriptno
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptno

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