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DBMS > HBase vs. Newts vs. PostGIS vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Newts vs. PostGIS vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpatial extension of PostgreSQLCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgopennms.github.io/­newtspostgis.netwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikipostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenNMS Group
Initial release2008201420052023
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.4.2, February 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaC++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable 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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACIDno
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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