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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HBase vs. Pinecone vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HBase vs. Pinecone vs. StarRocks

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA managed, cloud-native vector databaseAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.pinecone.iowww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetPinecone Systems, IncThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2008200820192020
Current release7.2.4, September 20122.3.4, January 20213.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROString, Number, Booleanyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
PythonJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functions
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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