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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Impala vs. Cubrid vs. GBase vs. Ignite

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.gbase.cnignite.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcubrid.org/­manualsapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20072013200820042015
Current release4.1.0, June 202211.0, January 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cApache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C, C++, JavaC, Java, PythonC++, Java, .Net
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesStandard with numerous extensionsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersnonoyesyesyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyesyes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACIDACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesSecurity Hooks for custom implementations

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