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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BaseX vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Faircom EDGE vs. TimesTen

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#136  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score6.31
Rank#57  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.03
Rank#380  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#157  Relational DBMS
Score1.35
Rank#165  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.basex.orgdocs.datastax.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBaseX GmbHDataStaxFairCom CorporationOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20122007201119791998
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.7, August 20236.8, April 2020V3, October 202011 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaANSI C, C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes infoANSI SQL queriesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC++Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++PL/SQL
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"File partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infowhen using SQLyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DrillBaseXDatastax EnterpriseFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGETimesTen
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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