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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Drizzle vs. jBASE vs. OpenTSDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Drizzle vs. jBASE vs. OpenTSDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  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 HadoopMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
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
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseopentsdb.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9opentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release20142013200819912011
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.2.4, September 20125.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalnumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infowith proprietary extensionsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesno
Triggersyesnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
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 Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDno
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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