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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. InfluxDB vs. Newts vs. Riak TS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsTime Series DBMS based on CassandraRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#319  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersOpenNMS GroupOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20132014201320142015
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0.0, May 20242.7.6, April 20243.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaGoJavaErlang
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyesno
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 indexesyesyesnonorestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languagenoyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaC infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenononoErlang
Triggersnonononoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 layeryes infoDepending on used storage engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagesimple rights management via user accountsnono
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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