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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spatial extension of H2Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsrealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersCNRSMicrosoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132014201320162014
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++ScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC#
Java
PHP
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infobased on H2Transact SQLno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernoneSharding, horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layeryes infobased on H2yesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on H2yesyes

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