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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. EsgynDB vs. Graphite vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. EsgynDB vs. Graphite vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynChris DavisMicrosoftSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20122015200620162006
Current release1.20.3, January 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++, JavaPythonC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored ProceduresnoTransact SQLno
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding, horizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyesyes
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 sourcenoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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