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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Badger vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Badger vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. KairosDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#325  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score11.18
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasekairosdb.github.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDGraph LabsAsthon Tate
Initial release20132017201619792013
Current release4.1.0, June 2022dBASE 2019, 20191.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoPythonJava
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.no
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnoneSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoyesAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control

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