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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. H2 vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Oracle Rdb

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. H2 vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.h2database.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationThomas MuellerMicrosoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release20142012200520121984
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.2.220, July 20237.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedHP Open VMS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeFlexible 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 indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Java.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDoptimistic lockingyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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 sourceyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

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