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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Drizzle vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.iowww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iowww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerHarperDBObjectBox LimitedSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20132008201720172013
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.2.4, September 20123.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Node.jsC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noJavaScript
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
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 KerberosPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and rolesyessimple password-based access control
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