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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. DataFS vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

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Name

Description

Analytic DBMS for Hadoop

All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Object oriented DBMS

Document store

Secondary database models

Document store

Graph DBMS

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Score	12.45
Rank	#40	Overall
	#24	Relational DBMS

Score	0.09
Rank	#360	Overall
	#17	Object oriented DBMS

Score	0.49
Rank	#260	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	7.41
Rank	#52	Overall
	#8	Document stores

Website

impala.apache.org

newdatabase.com

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

realm.io

Technical documentation

impala.apache.org/impala-docs.html

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

realm.io/docs

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

Apache top-level project, originally developed by Cloudera

Mobiland AG

Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019

Initial release

2013

2018

2014

Current release

4.1.0, June 2022

1.1.263, October 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2

commercial

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++

JavaScript

Server operating systems

Linux

Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows

Data scheme

yes

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

JavaScript API

Supported programming languages

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

JavaScript

.Net
Java

with Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions and integration of map-reduce

View functions in JavaScript

runs within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary

Triggers

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Change Listeners

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Proprietary Sharding system

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

query execution via MapReduce

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

In-Memory realm

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users, groups and roles

based on Apache Sentry and Kerberos

Windows-Profile

yes

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