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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. MonetDB vs. NSDb

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. MonetDB vs. NSDb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.monetdb.orgnsdb.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSMicrosoftMonetDB BV
Initial release20132013201220042017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCJava, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, string
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2noyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDoptimistic lockingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesUsing Apache Lucene
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
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 signaturesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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