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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. mSQL vs. Riak KV

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. mSQL vs. Riak KV

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeRelational DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gigaspaces.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorehughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGigaspaces TechnologiesGoogleHughes TechnologiesOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20132000201719942009
Current release4.1.0, June 202215.5, September 20204.4, October 20213.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetCErlang
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C 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-reduceyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsnoErlang
Triggersnoyes, event driven architectureyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsUsing Cloud Dataflownoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.noyes, using Riak Security

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