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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Drizzle vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. HBase vs. PieCloudDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.25
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.hawkular.orghbase.apache.orgwww.openpie.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidehbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerCommunity supported by Red HatApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpenPie
Initial release2013200820142008
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.2.4, September 20122.3.4, January 20212.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
hosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infowith proprietary extensionsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCHTTP RESTJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Java
PHP
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functions
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infovia Hawkular Alertingyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on CassandraShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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Apache ImpalaDrizzleHawkular MetricsHBasePieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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