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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. HarperDB vs. IRONdb vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HarperDB vs. IRONdb vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  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 simplicitySADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/www.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHarperDBCirconus LLC.SADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2012201720172006
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.1, August 2021V0.10.20, January 20188.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
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
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes, in Luano
Triggersnononono
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
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awarenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, using LMDByesyes
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 infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and rolesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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