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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Lovefield vs. NuoDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. ToroDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOracles in-memory data grid solutionA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument 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
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencegithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddoc.nuodb.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGoogleDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Oracle8Kdata
Initial release20132014201320072016
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.1.12, February 201714.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, SQLno
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyesyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationAccess rights for users and roles

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