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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Manticore Search vs. MaxDB vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Manticore Search vs. MaxDB vs. Sphinx

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  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.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Search engineRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablemanticoresearch.commaxdb.sap.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogleManticore SoftwareSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20082015201719842001
Current release7.2.4, September 20126.0, February 20237.9.10.12, February 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesno
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 XMLno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Internal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSynchronous replication based on Galera librarySource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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