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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Graphite vs. JaguarDB vs. MaxDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.jaguardb.commaxdb.sap.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaChris DavisDataJaguar, Inc.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20132006201519841994
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.3 July 20237.9.10.12, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3.0commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyesyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnorights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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