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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. MonetDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. MonetDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2A relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSMonetDB BVAlex Kashirin
Initial release2013201320042020
Current release4.1.0, June 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2yes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
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 integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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.noyesno
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-standard

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