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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. FeatureBase vs. Hypertable vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. FeatureBase vs. Hypertable vs. Titan

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
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.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
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
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.featurebase.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsHypertable Inc.Aurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release2013201720092012
Current release4.1.0, June 20222022, May 20220.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL queriesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesselectable replication factor on file system levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

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