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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Hypertable vs. RavenDB vs. SQL.JS vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 HadoopOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabasePort of SQLite to JavaScriptA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgravendb.netsql.js.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlravendb.net/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHypertable Inc.Hibernating RhinosAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersAlex Kashirin
Initial release20132009201020122020
Current release4.1.0, June 20220.9.8.11, March 20165.4, July 20220.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C#JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language (RQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesnono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseno

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