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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. NCache vs. Realm vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. NCache vs. Realm vs. Teradata Aster

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacherealm.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAlachisoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Teradata
Initial release2012200520142005
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.nononoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryR packages
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelnoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 sourceyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillNCacheRealmTeradata Aster
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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