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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. CouchDB vs. Ingres vs. OrigoDB vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. CouchDB vs. Ingres vs. OrigoDB vs. QuestDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.Well established RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score7.46
Rank#51  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score3.63
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgcouchdb.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresorigodb.comquestdb.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledocs.actian.com/­ingresorigodb.com/­docsquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerActian CorporationRobert Friberg et alQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release201220051974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2009 infounder the name LiveDB2014
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.3.3, December 202312.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageErlangCC#Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.NetC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0horizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyhorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Ingres ReplicatorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenonoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization
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