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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. EXASOL vs. HBase vs. RDFox vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. EXASOL vs. HBase vs. RDFox vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
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
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.exasol.comhbase.apache.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.exasol.com/­resourceshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationExasolApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOxford Semantic TechnologiesSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20122000200820172006
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20216.0, Septermber 20228.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++Java
Lua
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
replication via a shared file systemnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoHadoop integrationyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 sourceyesyesyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRoles, resources, and access typesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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