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DBMS > HBase vs. Memgraph vs. Riak KV vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Memgraph vs. Riak KV vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgmemgraph.comrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmemgraph.com/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.rockset.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMemgraph LtdOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesRocksetSTS Soft SC
Initial release20082017200920192011
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.2.0, December 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoFree license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++ErlangC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
OS X
hostedWindows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesnodynamic typingyes 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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnorestrictedall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
HTTP REST.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavaErlangnono
Triggersyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infono "single point of failure"Automatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsno infolinks between data sets can be storednono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infowith snapshot isolationnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissionsyes, using Riak SecurityAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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