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System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. GBase vs. Hive vs. Rockset vs. YDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  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.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gbase.cnhive.apache.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homedocs.rockset.comydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Apache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookRocksetYandex
Initial release20082004201220192019
Current release7.2.4, September 2012GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c3.1.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C, Java, PythonJavaC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C#C++
Java
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesselectable replication factoryesActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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