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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopIn-memory JavaScript DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdoc.nuodb.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2013201420132013
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQLJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infotunable commit protocolDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Userssimple password-based access control

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