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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Informix vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homeinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Oracle
Initial release2013201319842007
Current release4.1.0, June 202214.10.FC5, November 202014.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC, C++ and JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2yesno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Users with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication

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