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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. DolphinDB vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. DolphinDB vs. FileMaker

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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
Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.dolphindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDolphinDB, IncClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release2013201620181983
Current release4.1.0, June 2022v2.00.4, January 202219.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree community version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesAdministrators, Users, Groupssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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