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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. CockroachDB vs. FoundationDB vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. CockroachDB vs. FoundationDB vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Prometheus

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSTime Series 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
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.hawkular.orgprometheus.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guideprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCockroach LabsFoundationDBCommunity supported by Red Hat
Initial release20122015201320142015
Current release1.20.3, January 202324.1.0, May 20246.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingyesNumeric data only
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCHTTP RESTRESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoin SQL-layer onlynono
Triggersnononoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
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 sourcenonono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRole-based access controlnonono

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