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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Geode vs. MaxDB vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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 processesA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggeode.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgeode.apache.org/­docsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997quasardb
Initial release2012200219842009
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1, February 20177.9.10.12, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language (OQL)yesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodeACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights per client and object definablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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