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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. FoundationDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. FoundationDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.MultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRDF storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsFoundationDBRocket Software
Initial release20142013200020131985
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.9.0, July 20236.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno infosome layers support typingoptional
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesin SQL-layer onlyyes
Triggersyesnoyes infovia event handlernoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess control via Jena SecuritynoAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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