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DBMS > Databricks vs. Drizzle vs. MaxDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. Drizzle vs. MaxDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  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.
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
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Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.commaxdb.sap.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperDatabricksDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2013200819841994
Current release7.2.4, September 20127.9.10.12, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnoyesyes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DatabricksDrizzleMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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