Difference between Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB and Altibase
1. Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB :
It is a cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. ApsaraDB architecture supported 5000 physical machines in a single cluster. It is designed for business-critical database applications that require fast performance, high concurrency, and automatic scaling.
2. Altibase :
It is an open-source relational database model system (RDBMS). The first version of Altibase was called Spiner which was released in 1999. It is an enterprise grade, in-memory, hybrid, high-performance RDBMS. It is manufactured by Altibase Corporation. It supports the complete SQL standard, features and Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) and also implements Fuzzy and Ping-Pong Checkpointing.
Difference between Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB and Altibase :
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Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB |
ALTIBASE |
1. |
It was developed by Alibaba in August 2013. |
It was developed by Altibase in 1999. |
2. |
It is a cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. |
It is an enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMS. |
3. |
In Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB there are hosted server operating systems. |
Server operating systems for Altibase are AIX, HP-UX and Linux. |
4. |
The license of Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB is commercial. |
The license of Altibase is a open-source. |
5. |
It supports XML Format. |
It does not support XML Format. |
6. |
It support the Server-side scripting |
It stored procedures and stored functions. |
7. |
Supported partitioning method is Sharding. |
It supports stored procedures and stored functions. |
8. |
It supports SQL query language. |
It uses ANSI SQL-92 as a query language. |
9. |
It supports replication methods. |
It also supports replication methods. |
10. |
ApsaraDB for PolarDB provides the concept of Referential Integrity. Hence, there are Foreign Keys. |
Altibase provides the concept of Referential Integrity. Hence, there are Foreign Keys. |
11. |
It supports in-memory capabilities. |
It does not support in-memory capabilities. |
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It does not offer any API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods. |
It also does not offer any API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods. |
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It is available as a cloud service. |
It is not available as a cloud service. |
14. |
Programming languages supported are Java and Python. |
Programming languages supported are C, C++, Java. |
Last Updated :
29 Jun, 2020
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