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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Hazelcast vs. mSQL vs. NuoDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA widely adopted in-memory data gridmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orghazelcast.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHazelcastHughes TechnologiesDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20142013200819942013
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.3.6, November 20234.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesnoJava, SQL
Triggersyesnoyes infoEventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes infoMVCC
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.yesnoyesnoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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