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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. NuoDB vs. SWC-DB vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Apache Pinot vs. NuoDB vs. SWC-DB vs. ToroDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB 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 latencyNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
github.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.pinot.apache.orgdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation and contributorsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Alex Kashirin8Kdata
Initial release20132015201320202016
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.0, September 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava, SQLno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and roles

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