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

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

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­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 othersSTS Soft SC
Initial release2012200220142011
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1, February 20175.0.0, May 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language (OQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodenono
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 layer
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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