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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Immudb vs. Ingres vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. Immudb vs. Ingres vs. Trafodion

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Well established RDBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.actian.com/­databases/­ingrestrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.immudb.iodocs.actian.com/­ingrestrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCodenotaryActian CorporationApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2012201320201974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2014
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 20221.2.3, April 202211.2, May 20222.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoCC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like syntaxyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorIngres Replicatoryes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenononono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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