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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Milvus vs. OpenQM vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Milvus vs. OpenQM vs. Trafodion

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. 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 searchesQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational 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
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgmilvus.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2012201919932014
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20243.4-122.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
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 sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillMilvusOpenQM infoalso called QMTrafodion
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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