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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Impala vs. Graphite vs. InfinityDB vs. STSdb

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLAnalytic DBMS for HadoopData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webboilerbay.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaChris DavisBoiler Bay Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release20162013200620022011
Current release2.1, December 20184.1.0, June 20224.04.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++PythonJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
All OS with a Java VMWindows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factornonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnonono

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