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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Ehcache vs. Elasticsearch vs. Kdb vs. Memgraph

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score128.79
Rank#8  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchkx.commemgraph.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlcode.kx.commemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGElasticKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMemgraph Ltd
Initial release2012200920102000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032017
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.10.0, March 20228.6, January 20233.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoElastic Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaqC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesschema-free and schema-optional
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC++Java.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServeryesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoES-Hadoop Connectorno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenonoACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesMemcached and Redis integrationyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenorights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissions
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Apache DrillEhcacheElasticsearchKdbMemgraph
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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