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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. NuoDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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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
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sadasengine.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdoc.nuodb.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SADAS s.r.l.Paradigma Software
Initial release20142012201320061999
Current release1.20.3, January 20238.05.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
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
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava, SQLnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnone
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 integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
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 sourceyes infoTemporary tableyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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