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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. NCache vs. Quasardb vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachequasar.airealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­masterrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSAlachisoftquasardbRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132013200520092014
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.3.3, April 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.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 H2no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyes infoNotificationsnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyeswith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient modeyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyes
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Apache ImpalaH2GISNCacheQuasardbRealm
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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