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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. HarperDB vs. IRONdb vs. OrigoDB vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HarperDB vs. IRONdb vs. OrigoDB vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageUltra-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.A distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/origodb.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedorigodb.com/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHarperDBCirconus LLC.Robert Friberg et alSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2012201720172009 infounder the name LiveDB2004
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.1, August 2021V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC and C++C#Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesC++.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
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.NetJava
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes, in Luayesyes
Triggersnononoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterAutomatic, metric affinity per nodehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, using LMDByesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
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 sourceAccess rights for users and rolesnoRole based authorizationno

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