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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Ehcache vs. Hypertable vs. InfinityDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeKey-value store
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
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgboilerbay.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHypertable Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.
Initial release2013200920092002
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.10.0, March 20220.9.8.11, March 20164.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JCacheC++ API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonono
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor on file system levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnonono

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