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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. CockroachDB vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. CockroachDB vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Low-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCockroach LabsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersSybase, SAP
Initial release20132015200920141993
Current release4.1.0, June 202223.1.1, May 20233.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJCache.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaDelphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenononoyes
Triggersnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesdepending on storage layerno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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