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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Hive vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Hive vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for Hadoopdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score62.59
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orghive.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookHypertable Inc.Google
Initial release2013201220092014
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.1.3, April 20220.9.8.11, March 20162.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
C++ API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
TriggersnononoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnono

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