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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Heroic vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Heroic vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Rockset

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablesrockset.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homespotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSSpotifyMicrosoftRockset
Initial release20132013201420122019
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedhosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2nonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yesyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnooptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Access rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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