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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Databricks vs. Drizzle vs. GeoMesa vs. KairosDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.databricks.comwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.databricks.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlkairosdb.github.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDatabricksDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerCCRi and others
Initial release20132013200820142013
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.2.4, September 20125.0.0, May 20241.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++ScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementswith Databricks SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCGraphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPython
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
PHP
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions and aggregatesnonono
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layerSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
depending on storage layerselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagesimple password-based access control
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