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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Drizzle vs. HyperSQL vs. TiDB

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comhsqldb.orgpingcap.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsphsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperMobiland AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2018200820012016
Current release1.1.263, October 20227.2.4, September 20122.7.2, June 20238.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsWindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBCHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
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 proceduresnoJava, SQLno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfilePluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DataFSDrizzleHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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