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

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgquasar.airealm.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedoc.quasar.ai/­masterrealm.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRSquasardbRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019informationpartners gmbh
Initial release20132013200920142015
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.14.1, January 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes infoon the application server
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2Source-replica replication with selectable replication factornoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient modeyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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