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DBMS > Apache Hive vs. Heroic vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Apache Hive vs. Heroic vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Hive  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score72.65
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#364  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicquasar.ai
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homespotify.github.io/­heroicdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookSpotifyquasardb
Initial release201220142009
Current release3.1.3, April 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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