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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Fauna vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. TigerGraph

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.In-memory JavaScript DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big DataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgfauna.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.splunk.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.fauna.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaFauna, Inc.Splunk Inc.
Initial release20132014201420032017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIHTTP RESTGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyesyes
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosIdentity management, authentication, and access controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control

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