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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. DataFS vs. MaxDB vs. Memcached

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. DataFS vs. MaxDB vs. Memcached

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparison
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.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for caching
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgnewdatabase.commaxdb.sap.comwww.memcached.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationMobiland AGSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release20142012201819842003
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1.263, October 20227.9.10.12, February 20241.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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 compliantnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingProprietary Sharding systemnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
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-storagenoACIDACIDno
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 sourceyesyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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