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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Hypertable vs. Memgraph vs. NuoDB vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Hypertable vs. Memgraph vs. NuoDB vs. SpatiaLite

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgmemgraph.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmemgraph.com/­docsdoc.nuodb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHypertable Inc.Memgraph LtdDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Alessandro Furieri
Initial release20132009201720132008
Current release4.1.0, June 20220.9.8.11, March 20165.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, SQLno
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnone
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infowith snapshot isolationACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoUsers, roles and permissionsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersno
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