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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. DolphinDB vs. Ignite vs. openGauss vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.dolphindb.comignite.apache.orggitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
postgis.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDolphinDB, IncApache Software FoundationHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release20132018201520192005
Current release4.1.0, June 2022v2.00.4, January 2022Apache Ignite 2.63.0, March 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, Java, .NetC, C++, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLANSI SQL 2011yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAdministrators, Users, GroupsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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