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DBMS > HBase vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb vs. STSdb

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgrockset.comwww.sequoiadb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.rockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRocksetSequoiadb Ltd.STS Soft SC
Initial release2008201920132011
Current release2.3.4, January 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedLinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROdynamic typingyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP RESTproprietary protocol using JSON.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoJavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noDocument is locked during a transactionno
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple password-based access controlno

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