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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Qdrant

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromQdrant
Initial release20132014201820142021
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layernonenoneCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layernoneEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoKey-based authentication

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