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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

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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 comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  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 scaleA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series 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
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbygeospock.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tables
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationGeoSpockMicrosoft
Initial release201319972012
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.17.1.0, November 20232.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, Javascript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedhosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnooptimistic locking
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.noyesnono
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 based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

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