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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EJDB vs. EsgynDB vs. EXASOL vs. InterSystems IRIS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalability
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.esgyn.cnwww.exasol.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iris
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.cls
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSoftmotionsEsgynExasolInterSystems
Initial release20132012201520002018
Current release4.1.0, June 20222023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessLinuxAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
in-process shared libraryADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesyes infoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes
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