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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. CockroachDB vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
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.Spatial extension of H2A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.74
Rank#67  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score3.55
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score32.67
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCockroach LabsCNRSMicrosoftSAP, Sybase
Initial release20132015201320121987
Current release4.1.0, June 202224.1.0, May 202416.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infobased on H2noJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
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 RAFTnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infobased on H2yes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDoptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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 KerberosRole-based access controlyes infobased on H2Access rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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