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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Drill vs. Hypertable vs. SWC-DB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Drill vs. Hypertable vs. SWC-DB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSearch engine
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Score0.82
Rank#205  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.04
Rank#361  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbdrill.apache.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationHypertable Inc.Alex KashirinTranswarp
Initial release201220092020
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9.8.11, March 20160.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factor on file system level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending 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 sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceno
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