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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. GridDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. GridDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbygeospock.comgriddb.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.griddb.net
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationGeoSpockToshiba Corporation
Initial release201319972013
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.17.1.0, November 20232.0, September 20195.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, JavascriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestamp
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobs
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID at container level
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights for users can be defined per database
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Apache ImpalaDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGeoSpockGridDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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