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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGeoSpock
Initial release20132014
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageC++Java, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
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 datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno

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