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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Kylin vs. Fauna

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Kylin vs. Fauna

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.89
Rank#122  Overall
#22  Document stores
#58  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#183  Overall
#82  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#144  Overall
#25  Document stores
#13  Graph DBMS
#65  Relational DBMS
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgkylin.apache.orgfauna.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docskylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.fauna.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncFauna, Inc.
Initial release201220152014
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.1.0, July 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceIdentity management, authentication, and access control

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