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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. Riak KV vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. Riak KV vs. Splunk

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  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 primitivesDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)www.splunk.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesSplunk Inc.
Initial release20132014201820092003
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0.5, February 20240.8, December 20183.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaErlang
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnorestrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScriptC 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
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenofunctions in JavaScriptErlangyes
Triggersnononoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernoneSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layernoneselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes, using Riak SecurityAccess rights for users and roles

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