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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. DolphinDB vs. Linter vs. OrientDB vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  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.RDBMS for high security requirementsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.dolphindb.comlinter.ruorientdb.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDolphinDB, Increlex.ruOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20132018199020102005
Current release4.1.0, June 2022v2.00.4, January 20223.2.29, March 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language, no joinsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLJava, Javascriptuser defined functions
TriggersnonoyesHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes inforelationship in graphsyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAdministrators, Users, Groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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