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System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. HBase vs. ObjectBox vs. ScyllaDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  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.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeObject oriented DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.hawkular.orghbase.apache.orgobjectbox.iowww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidehbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.objectbox.iodocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerCommunity supported by Red HatApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetObjectBox LimitedScyllaDB
Initial release20082014200820172015
Current release7.2.4, September 20122.3.4, January 2021ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnononoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP RESTJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Proprietary native APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyes, Lua
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on CassandraShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
online/offline synchronization between client and serverselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
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.noyesnoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyesAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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