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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Hypertable vs. NuoDB vs. Solr

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitedrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasesolr.apache.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldoc.nuodb.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHypertable Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20122013200920132006
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 20220.9.8.11, March 20169.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, SQLJava plugins
Triggersnononoyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID infotunable commit protocoloptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes

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