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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Lovefield vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Lovefield vs. TimesTen

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.ehcache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20122016200920141998
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.10.0, March 20222.1.12, February 201711 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaJavaScriptC
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoPL/SQL
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event ListenersUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoby using Terracotta ServernoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes 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 sourceyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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