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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Brytlyt vs. Lovefield vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Brytlyt vs. Lovefield vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbrytlyt.iogoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrdf4j.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.brytlyt.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsBrytlytGoogleSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20132000201620142004
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.9.0, July 20235.0, August 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC, C++ and CUDAJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
JavaScriptJava
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLnoyes
Triggersnoyes infovia event handleryesUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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