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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NSDb vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NSDb vs. Splunk

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA multi-model DBMS and application serverScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitekylin.apache.orghbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachensdb.iowww.splunk.com
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.comnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsSplunk Inc.
Initial release20152008199720172003
Current release3.1.0, July 20202.3.4, January 20212018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyesSQL-like query languageno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
Java
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesnoyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and roles

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