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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. GBase vs. Informix vs. Teradata vs. TimesTen

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)An in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#128  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score16.28
Rank#36  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score40.69
Rank#23  Overall
#16  Relational DBMS
Score1.24
Rank#163  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.teradata.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.teradata.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.IBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.TeradataOracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20122004198419841998
Current release1.20.3, January 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c14.10.FC5, November 2020Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019Release 22.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC, C++ and Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Linux
IBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantStandard with numerous extensionsyesyes infoSQL 2016 + extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languagesC++C#.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallelPL/SQL
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingSharding infoHashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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