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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. gStore vs. SwayDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. gStore vs. SwayDB vs. XTDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.A native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeDocument store
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
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­bolten.gstore.cnswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSimer PlahaJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20132013201620182019
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.2, November 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++ScalaClojure
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnoyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesnono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
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 datanoyesyesAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedno

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