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DBMS > Kingbase vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. StarRocks vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Kingbase vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. StarRocks vs. Valentina Server

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NameKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.kingbase.com.cnazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.starrocks.iowww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.MicrosoftThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Paradigma Software
Initial release1999201620201999
Current releaseV8.0, August 20212.5.3, March 20235.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLStandard with numerous extensionsyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
PHP
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding, horizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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