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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. Brytlyt vs. H2GIS vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. Brytlyt vs. H2GIS vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLSpatial extension of H2A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#288  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.combrytlyt.iowww.h2gis.orgrealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.brytlyt.iowww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homerealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBrytlytCNRSRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132016201620132014
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC, C++ and CUDAJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
Java.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLyes infobased on H2no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes infobased on H2none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2yes

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