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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. openGemini vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.kinetica.comwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
quasar.ai
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.kinetica.comdocs.opengemini.org/­guidedoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHypertable Inc.KineticaHuawei and openGemini communityquasardb
Initial release20122009201220222009
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 20211.1, July 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C, C++GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAdministrators and common users accountsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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