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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Brytlyt vs. HEAVY.AI vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Brytlyt vs. HEAVY.AI vs. SiteWhere

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  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 FlinkScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLA high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwareM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#288  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.77
Rank#141  Overall
#65  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgiotdb.apache.orgbrytlyt.iogithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
github.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.brytlyt.iodocs.heavy.aisitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationBrytlytHEAVY.AI, Inc.SiteWhere
Initial release20132018201620162010
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.1.0, April 20235.0, August 20235.10, January 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC, C++ and CUDAC++ and CUDAJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infoRound robinSharding infobased on HBase
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 replicasSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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