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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Blueflood vs. HBase vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Blueflood vs. HBase vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#353  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlimpala.apache.orgblueflood.iohbase.apache.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikihbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRackspaceApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetAlex Kashirin
Initial release20162013201320082020
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.3.4, January 20210.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeyesyespredefined schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infobased on CassandraShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

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