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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EXASOL vs. GeoMesa vs. Spark SQL vs. Transbase

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.exasol.comwww.geomesa.orgspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaExasolCCRi and othersApache Software FoundationTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20132000201420141987
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0.0, May 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaScalaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Lua
Python
R
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layeryes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layernoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoHadoop integrationyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnonoyes
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.noyesdepending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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