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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. H2 vs. Ingres vs. NCache vs. STSdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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.Well established RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.h2database.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingreswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationThomas MuellerActian CorporationAlachisoftSTS Soft SC
Initial release201220051974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20052011
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.2.220, July 202311.2, May 20225.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes 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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++Java.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseIngres Replicatoryes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCCyesyes
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 sourceyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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Apache DrillH2IngresNCacheSTSdb
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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