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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorigodb.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datastax.comorigodb.com/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataStaxHughes TechnologiesRobert Friberg et alSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2013201119942009 infounder the name LiveDB2004
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.8, April 20204.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCC#Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.NetJava
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyesyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"nonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoRole based authorizationno
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Apache ImpalaDatastax EnterprisemSQL infoMini SQLOrigoDBRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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