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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. H2 vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. H2 vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbygeospock.comwww.h2database.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationGeoSpockThomas MuellerSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2012199720052006
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.17.1.0, November 20232.0, September 20192.2.220, July 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyestemporal, categoricalyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBCJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++JavaJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored ProceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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 sourceyesnoyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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