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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. FoundationDB vs. Lovefield vs. OushuDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. FoundationDB vs. Lovefield vs. OushuDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial 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
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#363  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsapple.github.io/­foundationdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFoundationDBGoogleOushuMireo
Initial release2012201320142020
Current release1.20.3, January 20236.2.28, November 20202.1.12, February 20174.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantsupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternFull-featured ANSI SQL supportA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScriptC
C++
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsin SQL-layer onlynoyesno
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneyesFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlyyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenonoKerberos, SSL and role based accessyes

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