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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GBase vs. Hazelcast vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GBase vs. Hazelcast vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A widely adopted in-memory data gridDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnhazelcast.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasequasar.ai
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.HazelcastMicrosoftquasardb
Initial release20132004200820102009
Current release4.1.0, June 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c5.3.6, November 2023V123.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C, Java, PythonJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.noyesyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesTransact SQLno
Triggersnoyesyes infoEventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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