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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. GridGain

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. GridGain

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache Ignite
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMSColumnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#150  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.gridgain.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CCRi and othersGridGain Systems, Inc.
Initial release2012200220142007
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1, February 20175.0.1, July 2024GridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial, open source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQL
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language (OQL)noANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layeryes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodenoACID
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 sourceyesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations

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