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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. GBase vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Memcached

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. GBase vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Memcached

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for caching
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.memcached.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.IBMDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release2012200420142003
Current release1.20.3, January 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c1.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantStandard with numerous extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC++C#Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsPL/SQL, SQL PLno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
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
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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