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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Blazegraph vs. Drizzle vs. HBase vs. Hyprcubd

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Blazegraph vs. Drizzle vs. HBase vs. Hyprcubd

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableServerless Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgblazegraph.comhbase.apache.orghyprcubd.com (offline)
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwiki.blazegraph.comhbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBlazegraphDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetHyprcubd, Inc.
Initial release2013200620082008
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.1.5, March 20197.2.4, September 20122.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infotime, int, uint, float, string
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSPARQL is used as query languageyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC (https)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PHP
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersnonono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)Pluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACtoken access

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