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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. EJDB vs. HBase vs. Immudb vs. InfinityDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
boilerbay.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.immudb.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSoftmotionsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetCodenotaryBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release20122012200820202002
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20211.2.3, April 20224.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaGoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-lessLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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 indexesnononoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoSQL-like syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared libraryJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesC++Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
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 sourceyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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