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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JanusGraph vs. SAP IQ vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoMesa vs. JanusGraph vs. SAP IQ vs. SQream DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgjanusgraph.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlsqream.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.janusgraph.orghelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCCRi and othersLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusSAP, formerly SybaseSQream Technologies
Initial release20132014201719942017
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0.0, May 20240.6.3, February 202316.1 SPS04, April 20192022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaJavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCClojure
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesyesuser defined functions in Python
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)shared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexerhorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factordepending on storage layeryesSAP/Sybase Replication Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
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 storageUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serverfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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