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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. ArangoDB vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. MaxDB vs. mSQL

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgarangodb.comwww.hawkular.orgmaxdb.sap.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.arangodb.comwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidemaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaArangoDB Inc.Community supported by Red HatSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Hughes Technologies
Initial release20132012201419841994
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.11.5, November 20237.9.10.12, February 20244.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptnoyesno
Triggersnonoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infobased on Cassandranonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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Apache ImpalaArangoDBHawkular MetricsMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DmSQL infoMini SQL
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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