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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Apache Phoenix vs. BigchainDB vs. DataFS vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Apache Phoenix vs. BigchainDB vs. DataFS vs. NuoDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#125  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgphoenix.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comnewdatabase.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designphoenix.apache.orgbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software FoundationMobiland AGDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20122014201620182013
Current release30.0.0, June 20245.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20191.1.263, October 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaPythonC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
Unix
Windows
LinuxWindowshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBCCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava, SQL
Triggersnonono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingShardingProprietary Sharding systemdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyyesWindows-ProfileStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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