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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. FileMaker vs. Geode vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. FileMaker vs. Geode vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial 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
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakergeode.apache.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.
Initial release2012198320022005
Current release1.20.3, January 202319.4.1, November 20211.1, February 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also required
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (OQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++PHP.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcesimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights per client and object definableyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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