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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EsgynDB vs. GBase vs. Graphite

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called Whisper
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-web
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaEsgynGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Chris Davis
Initial release2013201520042006
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaC, Java, PythonPython
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinuxLinux
Unix
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data only
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolocking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesno

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