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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. FatDB vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. NCache vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. FatDB vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. NCache vs. OrientDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.hawkular.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorientdb.org
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsFatCloudCommunity supported by Red HatAlachisoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20122012201420052010
Current release29.0.1, April 20245.3.3, April 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#JavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServernoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
HTTP RESTIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia applicationsnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, Javascript
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infoNotificationsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding infobased on CassandrayesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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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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