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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EJDB vs. Elasticsearch vs. HBase vs. Manticore Search

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)A distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineWide column storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchhbase.apache.orgmanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSoftmotionsElasticApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetManticore Software
Initial release20132012201020082017
Current release4.1.0, June 20228.6, January 20232.3.4, January 20216.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoElastic LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-free, schema definition possibleFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.nononoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
in-process shared libraryJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Synchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoES-Hadoop Connectoryesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)yes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noMemcached and Redis integrationyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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