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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. MaxDB vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. MaxDB vs. NuoDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational 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
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2014201219842013
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesJava, SQL
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
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 infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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