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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. BigObject vs. Ehcache vs. Oracle Rdb

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. BigObject vs. Ehcache vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Analytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage options
Primary database modelRelational DBMSNative XML DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgbasex.orgbigobject.iowww.ehcache.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.basex.orgdocs.bigobject.iowww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBaseX GmbHBigObject, Inc.Terracotta Inc, owned by Software AGOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release20132007201520091984
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.7, August 20233.10.0, March 20227.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
All OS with a Java VMHP Open VMS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesLuano
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnoyes infoCache Event Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Server
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenoneyes infoby using Terracotta Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writernoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnono

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