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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. mSQL vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. mSQL vs. PouchDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesshughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlpouchdb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesspouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MicrosoftHughes TechnologiesApache Software Foundation
Initial release20131984199219942012
Current release4.1.0, June 20227.9.10.12, February 20241902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20194.4, October 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Officecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++CJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnonenoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infobut no files for transaction loggingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003nono

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