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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Lovefield vs. Netezza vs. SiriDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Lovefield vs. Netezza vs. SiriDB vs. XTDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsOpen Source Time Series DBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzasiridb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.siridb.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogleIBMCesbitJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20132014200020172019
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.1.12, February 20171.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptCClojure
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux infoincluded in applianceLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesnolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP APIHTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScriptC
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesnono
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptsimple rights management via user accounts

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