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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Blazegraph vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Blazegraph vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgblazegraph.comnewdatabase.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswiki.blazegraph.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsp
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationBlazegraphMobiland AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release20142012200620182008
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.1.5, March 20191.1.263, October 20227.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSPARQL is used as query languagenoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnonono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingProprietary Sharding systemSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)Windows-ProfilePluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP

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