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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. openGemini vs. Trafodion

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational 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
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orghbase.apache.orgwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
trafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.opengemini.org/­guidetrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetHuawei and openGemini communityApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2012200820222014
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20211.1, July 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
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
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 sourceAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAdministrators and common users accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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