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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Linter vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Linter vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityRDBMS for high security requirementsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irislinter.ruterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaInterSystemsrelex.ruDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20132018199020182011
Current release4.1.0, June 20222023.3, June 202311.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++Prolog, RustC#
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLyesno
TriggersnoyesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication
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