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DBMS > Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Manticore Search vs. MySQL

System Properties Comparison Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Manticore Search vs. MySQL

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Widely used open source RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached API
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score21.62
Rank#29  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#283  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score964.98
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlmanticoresearch.comwww.mysql.com
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.comdev.mysql.com/­doc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationManticore SoftwareOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then Sun
Initial release201420171995
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20236.0, February 20239.0.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.noCan index from XMLyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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