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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. FileMaker vs. HBase vs. RDF4J vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. FileMaker vs. HBase vs. RDF4J vs. searchxml

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRDF storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerhbase.apache.orgrdf4j.orgwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.informationpartners gmbh
Initial release20131983200820042015
Current release4.1.0, June 202219.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 20211.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCPHPC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesyes infoon the application server
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
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 Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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