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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. jBASE vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. jBASE vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgbigobject.iogreenplum.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9techfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20132015200519912014
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.0.0, September 20235.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalno
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceLuayesyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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