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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. LevelDB vs. searchxml

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Embeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#118  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score15.06
Rank#39  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score7.07
Rank#57  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score3.32
Rank#100  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#397  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitedrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegithub.com/­google/­leveldbwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datastax.comgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataStaxGoogleinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release20122013201120112015
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 20226.8, April 20201.23, February 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes infoon the application server
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyes
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 sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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