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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Hive vs. Rockset vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Hive vs. Rockset vs. XTDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud Storagedata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orghive.apache.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docscwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homedocs.rockset.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookRocksetJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2012201220192019
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.1.3, April 20221.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP RESTHTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Java
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data source
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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