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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Bangdb vs. PostgreSQL vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Bangdb vs. PostgreSQL vs. ToroDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score636.25
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorybangdb.comwww.postgresql.orggithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.bangdb.comwww.postgresql.org/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAtos Convergence CreatorsSachin Sinha, BangDBPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developer8Kdata
Initial release2013201620121989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL2016
Current release4.1.0, June 20221703BangDB 2.0, October 202116.3, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoBSDOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC, C++CJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinuxFreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes 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.noyesnoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL like support with command line toolyes infostandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
LDAPProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.
Triggersnoyesyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmpartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)Source-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsSource-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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes, run db with in-memory only modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosLDAP bind authenticationyes (enterprise version only)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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