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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. ObjectBox vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. ObjectBox vs. RDFox

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score18.98
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMicrosoftObjectBox LimitedOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2013201620172017
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.0 (May 2024)6.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
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 and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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 statementsyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
Java
PHP
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceTransact SQLno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinereplication 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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesyesRoles, resources, and access types
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