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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Databricks vs. HBase vs. JanusGraph vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.databricks.comhbase.apache.orgjanusgraph.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.databricks.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.janusgraph.orgwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDatabricksApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20132013200820172013
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.3.4, January 20210.6.3, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementswith Databricks SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPython
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions and aggregatesyes infoCoprocessors in JavayesJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes
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 KerberosAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serversimple password-based access control
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