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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. FeatureBase vs. Heroic vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. FeatureBase vs. Heroic vs. SQream DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.Real-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearcha GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicsqream.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.featurebase.comspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsSpotifySQream Technologies
Initial release20132013201720142017
Current release4.1.0, June 20222022, May 20222022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoGoJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL queriesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoJava
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonouser defined functions in Python
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosno

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