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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. JaguarDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. JaguarDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
#16  Vector DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.jaguardb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.jaguardb.com/­support.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataJaguar, Inc.
Initial release2012201320162015
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 20223.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoGPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languages
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesrights management via user accounts

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