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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Memcached vs. NuoDB vs. Ultipa

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Memcached vs. NuoDB vs. Ultipa

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score16.84
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#338  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.memcached.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidoc.nuodb.comwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Ultipa
Initial release2013200320132019
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.6.29, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, SQL
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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