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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Cubrid vs. Drizzle vs. HarperDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Cubrid vs. Drizzle vs. HarperDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  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.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPMySQL 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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.harperdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcubrid.org/­manualsdocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDB
Initial release20142013200820082017
Current release4.1.0, June 202211.0, January 20217.2.4, September 20123.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C, C++, JavaC++Node.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infoJSON data types
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored ProceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyesnoyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and roles

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