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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Druid vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ReductStore

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Druid vs. InterSystems Caché vs. ReductStore

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA multi-model DBMS and application serverDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbdruid.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.intersystems.comwww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation and contributorsInterSystemsReductStore LLC
Initial release2007201219972023
Current release29.0.1, April 20242018.1.4, May 20201.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Unix
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL for queryingyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)RBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users, groups and roles

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