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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. FeatureBase vs. KairosDB vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. FeatureBase vs. KairosDB vs. NuoDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.featurebase.comkairosdb.github.iodoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2012201720132013
Current release1.20.3, January 20232022, May 20221.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL queriesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++Java
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, SQL
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandradata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
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 infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcesimple password-based access controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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