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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector 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
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Sybase, SAP
Initial release2012201520131993
Current release1.20.3, January 2023V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC++C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava, SQLyes
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
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 integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infoTemporary tableno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infousing Azure authenticationStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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