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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for Hadoop
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqldrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.html
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Cloudera
Initial release20122013
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduce
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberos
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Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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