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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Databricks vs. Interbase vs. Vertica

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Light-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.databricks.comwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasewww.vertica.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.databricks.comdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasevertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAtos Convergence CreatorsDatabricksEmbarcaderoOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20132016201319842005
Current release4.1.0, June 20221703InterBase 2020, December 201912.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++JavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxhostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesyesno infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnowith Databricks SQLyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
LDAPJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages with LDAP bindingsPython
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functions and aggregatesyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnoyesyesyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionnonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyesInterbase Change ViewsMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
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.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosLDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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Apache ImpalaAtos Standard Common RepositoryDatabricksInterbaseVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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