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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. H2

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.h2database.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleThomas Mueller
Initial release2013201219832005
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.7075, December 202319.4.1, November 20212.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, ClojureJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infovia pluginsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCClojure
Java
PHPJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a database
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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