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DBMS > Amazon Aurora vs. Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Amazon Aurora vs. Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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NameAmazon Aurora  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL and PostgreSQL compatible cloud service by AmazonAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.91
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­rds/­auroraimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­AmazonRDS/­latest/­AuroraUserGuide/­CHAP_Aurora.htmlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release20152013201420182014
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingdepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factordepending on storage layernonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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