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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. Firebolt vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. Firebolt vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.firebolt.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.firebolt.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFirebolt Analytics Inc.MireoSTS Soft SC
Initial release20132013202020202011
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenononono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonedepending on storage layerReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnoyesno

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