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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Kdb vs. SpatiaLite

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2High performance Time Series DBMSSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score10.08
Rank#41  Overall
#25  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#388  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score7.72
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgkx.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homecode.kx.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcAlessandro Furieri
Initial release201320132000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032008
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.6, May 20185.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaqC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query language (q)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2user defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2rights management via user accountsno
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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