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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NCache vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NCache vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoftAlachisoftOracle
Initial release2012201620052007
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.3.3, April 202414.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C#
Java
PHP
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsTransact SQLno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infooptionally
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
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)authentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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Apache DrillMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseNCacheOracle Coherence
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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