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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Impala vs. GreptimeDB vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. SAP IQ

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  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 HadoopAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyCloud-based data warehousing serviceColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.orggreptime.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.greptime.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGreptime Inc.IBMSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20072013202220141994
Current release4.1.0, June 202216.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++Rust
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
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.nonono infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducePythonPL/SQL, SQL PLyes
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingShardingShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factoryesSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoHadoop integration
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 integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACID
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 KerberosSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon SimpleDBApache ImpalaGreptimeDBIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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