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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. Interbase

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from Borland
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbase
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsAsthon TateEmbarcadero
Initial release20132000201619791984
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.9.0, July 2023dBASE 2019, 2019InterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaPythonC
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 infoexport as XML data possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDE.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.yes infoInterbase procedure and trigger language
Triggersnoyes infovia event handlernoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factornoneInterbase Change Views
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoTDB Transactionsno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny control
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess control via Jena SecurityyesAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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