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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Kylin vs. Derby

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Kylin vs. Derby

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#175  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgkylin.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derby
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlkylin.apache.org/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncApache Software Foundation
Initial release2012201320151997
Current release29.0.1, April 20244.1.0, June 20223.1.0, July 202010.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
LinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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