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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Greenplum vs. H2GIS vs. Rockset vs. STSdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Spatial extension of H2A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orggreenplum.orgwww.h2gis.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.greenplum.orgwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationPivotal Software Inc.CNRSRocksetSTS Soft SC
Initial release20122005201320192011
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.0.0, September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingyes 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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyes infobased on H2nono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on H2yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2Access rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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