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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Spark SQL vs. StarRocks

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgphoenix.apache.orgspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsphoenix.apache.orgspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2012201420142020
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20232.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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