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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Machbase Neo vs. PostGIS vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Machbase Neo vs. PostGIS vs. STSdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataSpatial extension of PostgreSQLKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgmachbase.compostgis.netgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmachbase.com/­dbmspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMachbaseSTS Soft SC
Initial release2013201320052011
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V8.0, August 20233.4.2, February 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CCC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factoryes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infovolatile and lookup tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberossimple password-based access controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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