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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. dBASE vs. Hazelcast vs. Lovefield vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StoragedBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.A widely adopted in-memory data gridEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.dbase.comhazelcast.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAsthon TateHazelcastGoogleRocket Software
Initial release20121979200820141985
Current release1.20.3, January 2023dBASE 2019, 20195.3.6, November 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesoptional
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesC++dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnoyes
Triggersnonoyes infoEventsUsing read-only observersyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoReplicated MapnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithm
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlnoAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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