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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orggreenplum.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greenplum.orgpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersPivotal Software Inc.
Initial release2013201420052005
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0.0, May 20247.0.0, September 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2yes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
Java
Perl
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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