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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Hazelcast vs. Heroic vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Hazelcast vs. Heroic vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. YottaDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA widely adopted in-memory data gridTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orghazelcast.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatayottadb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatayottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHazelcastSpotifyRocket SoftwareYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20132008201419852001
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaCC
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalno
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languagenoyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnoyes
Triggersnoyes infoEventsnoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoReplicated MapyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACID infoconfigurableoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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