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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Blazegraph vs. eXtremeDB vs. FatDB vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Blazegraph vs. eXtremeDB vs. FatDB vs. jBASE

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the 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.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgblazegraph.comwww.mcobject.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwiki.blazegraph.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBlazegraphMcObjectFatCloudRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20132006200120121991
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.1.5, March 20198.2, 20215.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC and C++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
WindowsAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesoptional
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSPARQL is used as query languageyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesyes infovia applicationsyes
Triggersnonoyes infoby defining eventsyes infovia applicationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
selectable replication factoryes
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)no infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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