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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. MonetDB vs. OceanBase vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2A relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#147  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.monetdb.orgen.oceanbase.comrealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-databaserealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSMonetDB BVOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant GroupRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132013200420102014
Current release4.1.0, June 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20234.3.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoCommercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2yes, in SQL, C, RPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible modeno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication using Paxosnone
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
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.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
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-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes

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