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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score2.94
Rank#113  Overall
#21  Document stores
#57  Relational DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#221  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.geomesa.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and others
Initial release20122014
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.0.4, October 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcedepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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