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DBMS > Drizzle vs. H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset vs. Tigris

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset vs. Tigris

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  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.Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Spatial extension of H2An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column storeDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#51  Document stores
#55  Key-value stores
#24  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgrockset.comwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.rockset.comwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerCNRSHypertable Inc.RocksetTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release20082013200920192022
Current release7.2.4, September 20120.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnodynamic 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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCC++ API
Thrift
HTTP RESTCLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on H2nonono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on H2selectable replication factor on file system levelyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes infobased on H2noAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and roles

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