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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Databricks vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Databricks vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Document store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.databricks.comquestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.databricks.comquestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsDatabricksQuestDB Technology IncSiteWhere
Initial release20122016201320142010
Current release1.20.3, January 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnowith Databricks SQLSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC++All languages with LDAP bindingsPython
R
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functions and aggregatesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 sourceyesnoyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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Apache DrillAtos Standard Common RepositoryDatabricksQuestDBSiteWhere
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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