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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
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 StorageAll 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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationMobiland AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDB
Initial release20142012201820082017
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1.263, October 20227.2.4, September 20123.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Node.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infoJSON data types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnononoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyesnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingProprietary Sharding systemShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
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, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceWindows-ProfilePluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and roles

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