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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Derby vs. KairosDB vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Derby vs. KairosDB vs. SQream DB

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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 comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2a GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbsqream.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlkairosdb.github.iodocs.sqream.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationSQream Technologies
Initial release2013199720132017
Current release4.1.0, June 202210.17.1.0, November 20231.2.2, November 20182022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCGraphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresnouser defined functions in Python
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control

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