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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Databend vs. NuoDB vs. Trafodion vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Databend vs. NuoDB vs. Trafodion vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#283  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasetrafodion.apache.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.databend.comdoc.nuodb.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDatabend LabsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20122021201320142011
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.0.59, April 20232.3.0, February 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageRustC++C++, JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Linux
macOS
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, SQLJava Stored Proceduresno
TriggersnonoyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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 sourceyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication

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