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

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  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 WhisperFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score20.40
Rank#29  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score4.26
Rank#63  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score5.18
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webtrino.io
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iotrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
DeveloperApache Software FoundationChris DavisTrino Software Foundation
Initial release201420062012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaPythonJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS infofor devlopment
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 indexesnonodepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark Corenonedepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonedepending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonodepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoSQL standard access control
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