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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Graphite vs. jBASE vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Graphite vs. jBASE vs. TerarkDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9bytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaChris DavisRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2013200619912016
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyoptionalno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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