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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache Phoenix vs. BoltDB vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Phoenix vs. BoltDB vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAn embedded key-value store for Go.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgphoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlphoenix.apache.org
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationMireoSTS Soft SC
Initial release20132014201320202011
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGoC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
GoC#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyesnono
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoyesno

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