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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Apache IoTDB vs. NuoDB vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Apache IoTDB vs. NuoDB vs. StarRocks

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgiotdb.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldoc.nuodb.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software FoundationDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2012201820132020
Current release29.0.1, April 20241.1.0, April 20232.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesJava, SQLuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemyesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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