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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Bangdb vs. HyperSQL

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Bangdb vs. HyperSQL

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgiotdb.apache.orgbangdb.comhsqldb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.bangdb.comhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationSachin Sinha, BangDB
Initial release2013201820122001
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.1.0, April 2023BangDB 2.0, October 20212.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD 3Open Source infobased on BSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC, C++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL like support with command line toolyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native API
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnoJava, SQL
Triggersnoyesyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Tunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes, run db with in-memory only modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesyes (enterprise version only)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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