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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. NSDb vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. NSDb vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.ionsdb.iovictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationThomas MuellerHarperDBVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20122005201720172018
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.2.220, July 20233.1, August 2021v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJava, ScalaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes: 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC++Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes, using LMDBUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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