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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. FatDB vs. GBase vs. Ignite vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. FatDB vs. GBase vs. Ignite vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnignite.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFatCloudGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20132012200420152014
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8cApache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C, Java, PythonC++, Java, .NetJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerStandard with numerous extensionsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#C#C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infovia applicationsuser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)View functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factoryesyes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsyesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsno

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