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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. FileMaker vs. GeoSpock vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakergeospock.comorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeoSpockRobert Friberg et al
Initial release201319832009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release4.1.0, June 202219.4.1, November 20212.0, September 20193.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Java, JavascriptC#C
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infovia pluginsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPHP.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnodepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberossimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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