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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. NuoDB vs. Prometheus vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. NuoDB vs. Prometheus vs. Teradata Aster

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseprometheus.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedoc.nuodb.comprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Teradata
Initial release20132013201320152005
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoImport of XML data possibleyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2Java, SQLnoR packages
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes infoby Federationyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCCyesyes
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 infoTemporary tablenono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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