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DBMS > HBase vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Newts vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Newts vs. PostGIS

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeSearch engineTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchopennms.github.io/­newtspostgis.net
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikipostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMicrosoftOpenNMS Group
Initial release2008201520142005
Current release2.3.4, January 2021V13.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonouser defined functions
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes infousing Azure authenticationnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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