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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Geode vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Geode vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsWidely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeWide column storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
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
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orggeode.apache.orgcloud.google.com/­datastoreazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.html
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designgeode.apache.org/­docscloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.GoogleMicrosoftOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release20122002200820121994
Current release29.0.1, April 20241.1, February 201718.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhostedhostedAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, details hereyesno
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.nonononoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like query language (GQL)noyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsusing Google App Enginenono
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event ListenersCallbacks using the Google Apps Enginenoyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication using Paxosyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodeACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesno

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