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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Lovefield

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.esgyn.cngoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynGoogle
Initial release2012201620152014
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++, JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored Proceduresno
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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