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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Milvus vs. Newts vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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 StorageA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational 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
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgmilvus.ioopennms.github.io/­newtswww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOpenNMS GroupSybase, SAPSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20122019201419932013
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesnononoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaDelphi
Perl
PHP
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyesJavaScript
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control
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Apache DrillMilvusNewtsSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSSequoiadb
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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