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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Cubrid vs. Milvus vs. mSQL

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
milvus.iohughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docscubrid.org/­manualsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationHughes Technologies
Initial release2012200820191994
Current release1.20.3, January 202311.0, January 20212.3.4, January 20244.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaC++, GoC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsno
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Apache DrillCubridMilvusmSQL infoMini SQL
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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