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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Ehcache vs. MaxDB vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Ehcache vs. MaxDB vs. YDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational 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
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgmaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Yandex
Initial release20142012200919842019
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.10.0, March 20227.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
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
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
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.nonononono
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 compliantnoyesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Java.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
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 sourceyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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