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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. HBase vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. HBase vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orghbase.apache.orgorigodb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlorigodb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRobert Friberg et alSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release201320082009 infounder the name LiveDB1994
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.3.4, January 202116.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoCoprocessors in Javayesyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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