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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. FeatureBase vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. FeatureBase vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Graphite vs. HarperDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.featurebase.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.featurebase.comcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsGoogleChris DavisHarperDB
Initial release20132017201520062017
Current release4.1.0, June 20222022, May 20223.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++GoPythonNode.js
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
hostedLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoNumeric data onlyyes infoJSON data types
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL queriesnonoSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesAtomic single-row operationsnoAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)noAccess rights for users and roles

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