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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset vs. Sphinx vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeSearch engineWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgrockset.comsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.rockset.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHypertable Inc.RocksetSphinx Technologies Inc.Alex Kashirin
Initial release20122009201920012020
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9.8.11, March 20163.5.1, February 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnodynamic typingno
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 indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansall fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
HTTP RESTProprietary protocolProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnononono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingAutomatic shardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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