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DBMS > HBase vs. RDFox vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. RDFox vs. TinkerGraph

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph 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
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release200820172009
Current release2.3.4, January 20216.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoRDF schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
Java
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
replication via a shared file systemnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRoles, resources, and access typesno

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