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Implementation language

Java

Scala

Server operating systems

Linux
macOS
Unix

hosted

AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

All OS with a Java VM

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Flexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

time, int, uint, float, string

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

but tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available

Secondary indexes

yes

also supports composite index and range index

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

yes

SQL-like query language

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

APIs and other access methods

Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin

gRPC (https)

.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

Groovy
Java
Python

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Elasticsearch client

Java
Python
R
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

asynchronous Gremlin script jobs

yes

Triggers

yes

by using the 'percolation' feature

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

depending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase

horizontal partitioning

Ingres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously

Sharding

yes, utilizing Spark Core

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

depending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase

Ingres Replicator

yes

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

via hugegraph-spark

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Synchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

edges in graph

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

MVCC

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Users, roles and permissions

token access

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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Specific characteristics

OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantages

Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenarios

The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing models

The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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