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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BaseX vs. Geode vs. HBase vs. Memgraph

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSNative XML DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeGraph 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
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgbasex.orggeode.apache.orghbase.apache.orgmemgraph.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.basex.orggeode.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBaseX GmbHOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMemgraph Ltd
Initial release20132007200220082017
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.7, August 20231.1, February 20172.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language (OQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writeryes, on a single nodeSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights per client and object definableAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissions
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