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System Properties Comparison Apache HBase vs. Apache Impala vs. NSDb

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NameApache HBase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Trend Chart
Score25.00
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score10.39
Rank#41  Overall
#25  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#392  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgnsdb.io
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Cloudera
Initial release200820132017
Current release2.3.4, January 20214.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, string
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
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Lucene
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberos

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