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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Kingbase vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Kingbase vs. Lovefield

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.kingbase.com.cngoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Google
Initial release2013201319992014
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V8.0, August 20212.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC and JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2user defined functionsno
TriggersnoyesyesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yesnone
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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