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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Valkey

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Valkey

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonValkey infoOpen source key/value datastore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Open source key/value datastore
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score11.22
Rank#41  Overall
#25  Relational DBMS
Score2.67
Rank#93  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.14
Rank#169  Overall
#27  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablevalkey.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsgithub.com/­valkey-io/­valkey
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogle
Initial release201320152024
Current release4.1.0, June 2022Valkey 8.0.1, October 2024
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++C
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zones
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-row operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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