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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Databricks vs. MaxDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Databricks vs. MaxDB vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.databricks.commaxdb.sap.compostgis.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.databricks.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDatabricksSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2013201319842005
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.9.10.12, February 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementswith Databricks SQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPython
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions and aggregatesyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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Apache ImpalaDatabricksMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DPostGIS
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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