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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. OceanBase vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. OceanBase vs. SWC-DB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQLA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#147  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comen.oceanbase.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-database
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBKineticaOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant GroupAlex Kashirin
Initial release20082017201220102020
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.1, August 20217.1, August 20214.3.0, April 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoCommercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsC, C++C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible modeno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardinghorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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DrizzleHarperDBKineticaOceanBaseSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsOceanBase Database is the world’s only native distributed database that has set new...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Availability : The five IDCs across three sites disaster recovery solution sets...
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Key customersOceanBase Database has helped over 400 customers across industries upgrade their...
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Market metricsTPC-C No.1 Performance , achieved a result of 707.35 million tpmC in the TPC-C benchmark...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMulan PubL v2 license for open source community edition. Commercial license for enterprise...
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