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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Impala vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SAP IQ vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Impala vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SAP IQ vs. YDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Analytic DBMS for HadoopA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbimpala.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMicrosoftSAP, formerly SybaseYandex
Initial release2013201219942019
Current release4.1.0, June 202216.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesno
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication factoryes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.SAP/Sybase Replication ServerActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic lockingACIDACID
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.yesnononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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