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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. EJDB vs. FoundationDB vs. HarperDB vs. Manticore Search

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EJDB vs. FoundationDB vs. HarperDB vs. Manticore Search

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.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.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.harperdb.iomanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.harperdb.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSoftmotionsFoundationDBHarperDBManticore Software
Initial release20132012201320172017
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.2.28, November 20203.1, August 20216.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++Node.jsC++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasdynamic schemaFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idno infosome layers support typingyes infoJSON data typesInt, 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.nonoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnosupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
in-process shared libraryJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
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
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.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
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoin SQL-layer onlyCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblein SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsyes 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 persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes 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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnonoAccess rights for users and rolesno

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