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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation and contributorsCCRi and othersKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release20132015201420182014
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.0, September 20234.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningdepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layernonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
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 Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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