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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. RDFox vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. RDFox vs. StarRocks

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMicrosoftOxford Semantic TechnologiesThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2013201520172020
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V16.0, Septermber 20222.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
Java
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functions
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicereplication via a shared file system
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infousing Azure authenticationRoles, resources, and access typesRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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