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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Drizzle vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Memcached

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Drizzle vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Memcached

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A multi-model DBMS and application serverIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for caching
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.memcached.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.intersystems.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerInterSystemsDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release2012200819972003
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.2.4, September 20122018.1.4, May 20201.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++C
C++
Java
PHP
C#
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
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
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcePluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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