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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Ehcache vs. Greenplum vs. InfluxDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orggreenplum.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.greenplum.orgdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGPivotal Software Inc.
Initial release2012200920052013
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.10.0, March 20227.0.0, September 20232.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data and Strings
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesC++JavaC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnoyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts
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Apache DrillEhcacheGreenplumInfluxDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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