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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SiriDB vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SiriDB vs. STSdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerOpen Source Time Series DBMSKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial 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
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasesiridb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.siridb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoftCesbitSTS Soft SC
Initial release2012201020172011
Current release1.20.3, January 2023V124.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++CC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
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 datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsno

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