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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. dBASE vs. GBase vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.The SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.dbase.comwww.gbase.cnwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAsthon TateGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.SAP, Sybase
Initial release20132016197920041987
Current release4.1.0, June 2022dBASE 2019, 2019GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c16.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC, Java, PythonC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
dBase proprietary IDEC#C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factornoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesAccess rights for users and rolesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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