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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. YDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.39
Rank#269  Overall
#43  Document stores
#126  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSpotifyYandex
Initial release2013201420142019
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesnoneActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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