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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Spatial extension of H2A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tables
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­home
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation and contributorsCockroach LabsCNRSMicrosoft
Initial release20132015201520132012
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.0, September 202324.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaGoJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infobased on H2no
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infobased on H2yes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlyes infobased on H2Access rights based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

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