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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. mSQL vs. SiteWhere

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score5.71
Rank#64  Overall
#8  Search engines
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#367  Overall
#36  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogleMicrosoftHughes TechnologiesSiteWhere
Initial release20122014201519942010
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.1.12, February 2017V14.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafarihostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC++JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
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 MemoryDBnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infousing Azure authenticationnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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