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DBMS > Drizzle vs. mSQL vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Rockset vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. mSQL vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Rockset vs. VoltDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  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.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOracles in-memory data grid solutionA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencerockset.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedocs.rockset.comdocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHughes TechnologiesOracleRocksetVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20081994200720192010
Current release7.2.4, September 20124.4, October 202114.1, August 202311.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++CJavaC++Java, C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic 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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTJava API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoJava
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes infoLive Eventsnono
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
noneyes, with selectable consistency levelyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoconfigurablenoACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infooptionallyyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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