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DBMS > Hypertable vs. InfinityDB vs. MonetDB vs. PieCloudDB

System Properties Comparison Hypertable vs. InfinityDB vs. MonetDB vs. PieCloudDB

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NameHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.37
Rank#271  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.openpie.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperHypertable Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.MonetDB BVOpenPie
Initial release200920022004
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20164.0Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding via remote tablesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACID
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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HypertableInfinityDBMonetDBPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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