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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Impala vs. GigaSpaces vs. SAP IQ vs. Yanza

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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 HadoopHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
Search engine
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
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.orgwww.gigaspaces.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlyanza.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGigaspaces TechnologiesSAP, formerly SybaseYanza
Initial release20072013200019942015
Current release4.1.0, June 202215.5, September 202016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .Net
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesno
Triggersnonoyes, event driven architectureyesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
SAP/Sybase Replication Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACIDno
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.noyesno
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 KerberosRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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