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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. CouchDB vs. NuoDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. CouchDB vs. NuoDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. SiriDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score9.30
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgcouchdb.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseopentsdb.netsiridb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledoc.nuodb.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.siridb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsCesbit
Initial release20132005201320112017
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.3.3, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ErlangC++JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes infoNumeric data
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQLnono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACID infotunable commit protocolnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.nonoyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnosimple rights management via user accounts

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