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Dremel (software)

Dremel is a distributed system developed at Google for interactively querying large datasets.

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Dremel is a distributed system developed at Google for interactively querying large datasets.

Dremel is the query engine used in Google's BigQuery service.1

Dremel is the inspiration for Apache Drill,2 Apache Impala,3 and Dremio,4 an Apache licensed platform that includes a distributed SQL execution engine.

In 2020, Dremel won the Test of Time award5 at the VLDB 2020 conference, recognizing the innovations it pioneered.6

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  1. "BigQuery under the hood". Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. "Apache Drill - Architecture Introduction". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. "Cloudera Impala: Real-Time Queries in Apache Hadoop, For Real". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. "Recognizing A New Tier". Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. "VLDB Test of Time Award". www.vldb.org. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. "VLDB 2022 - Program Schedule - Keynote Speakers". vldb.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.