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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. EsgynDB vs. GridGain vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. EsgynDB vs. GridGain vs. RDFox

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.gridgain.comwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaEsgynGridGain Systems, Inc.Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2013201520072017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GridGain 8.5.16.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaJava, C++, .NetC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava Stored Proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersnonoyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes (replicated cache)replication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsRoles, resources, and access types

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