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DBMS > HBase vs. openGemini vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sqrrl vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison HBase vs. openGemini vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sqrrl vs. Trafodion

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NameHBase  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache AccumuloTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
www.scylladb.comsqrrl.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.opengemini.org/­guidedocs.scylladb.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetHuawei and openGemini communityScyllaDBAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20082022201520122014
Current release2.3.4, January 20211.1, July 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++JavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyes, LuanoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infomaking use of HadoopSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoopyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entityACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAdministrators and common users accountsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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