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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Ignite vs. Realm vs. searchxml

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgignite.apache.orgrealm.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homeapacheignite.readme.io/­docsrealm.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSApache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019informationpartners gmbh
Initial release20132013201520142015
Current release4.1.0, June 2022Apache Ignite 2.61.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++, Java, .NetC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes infoon the application server
Triggersnoyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yes (replicated cache)noneyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Security Hooks for custom implementationsyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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