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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Lovefield vs. Memcached vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.memcached.orgquasar.ai
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogleDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalquasardb
Initial release2012201420032009
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.1.12, February 20171.6.27, May 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocolHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++JavaScript.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databasenoyes 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 infousing MemoryDByes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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