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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. MaxDB vs. Redis

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud Storage

Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable

A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions

Popular in-memory data platform used as a cache, message broker, and database that can be deployed on-premises, across clouds, and hybrid environments

Redis focuses on performance so most of its design decisions prioritize high performance and very low latencies.

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Wide column store

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

Multiple data types and a rich set of operations, as well as configurable data expiration, eviction and persistence

Secondary database models

Document store

with RedisJSON
Graph DBMS

with RedisGraph
Spatial DBMS
Search engine

with RediSearch
Time Series DBMS

with RedisTimeSeries
Vector DBMS

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Score	0.46
Rank	#260	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#121	Relational DBMS

Score	1.95
Rank	#127	Overall
	#23	Document stores
	#60	Relational DBMS

Score	30.50
Rank	#26	Overall
	#2	Wide column stores

Score	2.32
Rank	#112	Overall
	#55	Relational DBMS

Score	157.80
Rank	#6	Overall
	#1	Key-value stores

Website

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

drill.apache.org/docs

hbase.apache.org/book.html

maxdb.sap.com/documentation

docs.redis.com/latest/index.html
redis.io/docs

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Apache Software Foundation

Apache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset

SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997

Redis project core team, inspired by Salvatore Sanfilippo

Development sponsored by Redis Inc.

Initial release

2014

2012

2008

1984

2009

Current release

1.20.3, January 2023

2.3.4, January 2021

7.9.10.12, February 2024

7.2.4, January 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

Apache Version 2

Open Source

Apache version 2

commercial

Limited community edition free

Open Source

source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Redis Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

C++

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux
Unix
Windows

using Cygwin

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows

ported and maintained by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.

Data scheme

schema-free

schema-free, schema definition possible

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

options to bring your own types, AVRO

yes

partial

Supported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

with RediSearch module

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliant

yes

with RediSQL module

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV

proprietary protocol

RESP - REdis Serialization Protocol

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

C++

C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala

.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python

C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

yes

Coprocessors in Java

yes

Lua; Redis Functions coming in Redis 7 (slides and Github)

Triggers

yes

publish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionality; RedisGears

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Sharding

Automatic hash-based sharding with support for hash-tags for manual sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

Source-replica replication

Multi-source replication

with Redis Enterprise Pack
Source-replica replication

Chained replication is supported

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

through RedisGears

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Causal consistency can be enabled in Active-Active databases
Strong consistency with Redis Raft
Strong eventual consistency with Active-Active

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

Single row ACID (across millions of columns)

ACID

Atomic execution of command blocks and scripts and optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

Depending on the underlying data source

yes

Configurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

Depending on the underlying data source

yes

User concepts

Access control

Depending on the underlying data source

Access Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access Control Lists (ACLs): redis.io/docs/management/security/acl
LDAP and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Redis Enterprise
Mutual TLS authentication: redis.io/docs/management/security/encryption
Password-based authentication

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