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DBMS > HBase vs. Pinecone vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Pinecone vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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 managed, cloud-native vector databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelWide column storeVector DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.pinecone.iopostgis.netwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetPinecone Systems, IncSybase, SAP
Initial release2008201920051993
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
PythonDelphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
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 infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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