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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. GridDB vs. jBASE vs. NSDb

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. GridDB vs. jBASE vs. NSDb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational 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
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggriddb.netwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasensdb.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.griddb.netdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9nsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperApache Software FoundationToshiba CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2012201319912017
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.1, August 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampoptionalyes: int, bigint, decimal, string
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC++C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID at container levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesUsing Apache Lucene
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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Apache DrillGridDBjBASENSDb
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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