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

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.High performance Time Series DBMSSpaceTime 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 storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltkx.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcode.kx.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMireoSTS Soft SC
Initial release201320132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320202011
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.6, May 20184.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoqC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language (q)A subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnorights management via user accountsyesno
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Apache ImpalaBoltDBKdbSpaceTimeSTSdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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