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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. RisingWave vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. RisingWave vs. TerarkDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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.A distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.harperdb.iowww.risingwave.com/­databasegithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBRisingWave LabsByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2008201720222016
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.1, August 20211.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsRustC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesStandard SQL-types and JSONno
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
C++ API
Java API
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
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1UDFs in Python or Javano
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
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 definednone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesUsers and Rolesno

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