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DBMS > HBase vs. MonetDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. RisingWave vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. MonetDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. RisingWave vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA relational database management system that stores data in columnsBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.monetdb.orgwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.risingwave.com/­databasewww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMonetDB BVRisingWave LabsSybase, SAP
Initial release200820042014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB20221993
Current release2.3.4, January 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 202310 R1, October 20181.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoMozilla public licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCCRust
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Docker
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.noyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes infodistributed, parallel query executionyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsUDFs in Python or Javayes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infoMVCCnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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