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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. GeoMesa vs. SwayDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeSpatial DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
RDF store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.orgswaydb.simer.auterminusdb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsCCRi and othersSimer PlahaDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20132000201420182018
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.9.0, July 20235.0.0, May 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScalaScalaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnonoyes
Triggersnoyes infovia event handlernonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on storage layernoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonedepending on storage layernoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoTDB TransactionsnoAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess control via Jena Securityyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoRole-based access control

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