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

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopSpaceTime 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
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­bolthive.apache.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Home
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookMireoSTS Soft SC
Initial release20132013201220202011
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.1.3, April 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxWindows
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 statementsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoC++
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factorReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesno

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