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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Datomic vs. RDFox vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Datomic vs. RDFox vs. SQream DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning enginea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.datomic.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techsqream.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datomic.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCognitectOxford Semantic TechnologiesSQream Technologies
Initial release2013201220172017
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.0.7075, December 20236.0, Septermber 20222022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, ClojureC++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCClojure
Java
C
Java
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functions in Python
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersreplication via a shared file systemnone
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 Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 KerberosnoRoles, resources, and access types

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