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System Properties Comparison Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Graphite vs. MaxDB

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score17.39
Rank#32  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score4.81
Rank#63  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score2.16
Rank#113  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webmaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iomaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationChris DavisSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release201420061984
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20237.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageScalaPythonC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark Corenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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