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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Infobright vs. NuoDB vs. Spark SQL vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Infobright vs. NuoDB vs. Spark SQL vs. SQream DB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonInfobright  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHigh performant column-oriented DBMS for analytic workloads using MySQL or PostgreSQL as a frontendNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processinga GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational 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
Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgignitetech.com/­softwarelibrary/­infobrightdbwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasespark.apache.org/­sqlsqream.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdoc.nuodb.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.sqream.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationIgnite Technologies Inc.; formerly InfoBright Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software FoundationSQream Technologies
Initial release20122005201320142017
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20232022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoThe open source (GPLv2) version did not support inserts/updates/deletes and was discontinued with July 2016commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++ScalaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 indexesnono infoKnowledge Grid Technology used insteadyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, SQLnouser defined functions in Python
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
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 infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard infoexploiting MySQL or PostgreSQL frontend capabilitiesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersno

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