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DBMS > Amazon Aurora vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Cassandra vs. Drizzle

System Properties Comparison Amazon Aurora vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Cassandra vs. Drizzle

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NameAmazon Aurora  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL and PostgreSQL compatible cloud service by AmazonAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF storeWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument storeVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score8.50
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.85
Rank#86  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score103.86
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­rds/­auroraimpala.apache.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcassandra.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­AmazonRDS/­latest/­AuroraUserGuide/­CHAP_Aurora.htmlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latest
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release20152013200020082008
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.9.0, July 20234.1.3, July 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGNU GPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBC
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/ODBCJavaC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnono
Triggersyesnoyes infovia event handleryesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-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
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infoTDB Transactionsno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users can be defined per objectPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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