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DBMS > Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. EventStoreDB vs. Firebird

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. EventStoreDB vs. Firebird

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAnalytic DBMS for HadoopIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBase
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSEvent StoreRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.84
Rank#204  Overall
#98  Relational DBMS
Score10.22
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#175  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score18.43
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comimpala.apache.orgwww.eventstore.comwww.firebirdsql.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldevelopers.eventstore.comwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manuals
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaEvent Store LimitedFirebird Foundation
Initial release1999201320122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20234.1.0, June 202221.2, February 20215.0.1, August 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxLinux
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducePSQL
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writers
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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