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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. IBM Db2 vs. Splunk vs. Trino

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxAnalytics Platform for Big DataFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
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Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.01
Rank#377  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score123.05
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score93.02
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score5.28
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgwww.hawkular.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.splunk.comtrino.io
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidewww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunktrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookCommunity supported by Red HatIBMSplunk Inc.Trino Software Foundation
Initial release200820141983 infohost version20032012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release5.0-rc1, July 202412.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnoyesyesdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyesno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP RESTJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyesyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersyesyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionShardingdepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Multi-source replicationdepending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistencydepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingdepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesSQL standard access control
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Apache CassandraHawkular MetricsIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2SplunkTrino
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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