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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle vs. IBM Db2 Event Store

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle vs. IBM Db2 Event Store

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  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.Distributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use cases
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#315  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#26  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-store
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-store
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationMobiland AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerIBM
Initial release20142012201820082017
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1.263, October 20227.2.4, September 20122.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer addition
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnononoyesno
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 extensionsyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtime
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBCADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PHP
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
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 systemShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Active-active shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesNo - written data is immutable
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storage
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, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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