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

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

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  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 HadoopNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#175  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldoc.nuodb.comdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
www.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHypertable Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Huawei and openGauss communityAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20132009201320192008
Current release4.1.0, June 20220.9.8.11, March 20163.0, March 20225.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen SourceOpen 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++C, C++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
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 scansyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesANSI SQL 2011yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, SQLyesno
Triggersnonoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replicationnone
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 integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno

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