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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. Newts vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orghbase.apache.orgopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.ai
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenNMS Groupquasardb
Initial release2012200820142009
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial 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 languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes 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 indexesnononoyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACID
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 Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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