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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. HBase vs. Heroic

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orghbase.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSpotify
Initial release20132009201420082014
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.10.0, March 20225.0.0, May 20242.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScalaJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyesnoyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JCacheJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesdepending on storage layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

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