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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. PieCloudDB vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. PieCloudDB vs. Yanza

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.openpie.comyanza.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-server
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMicrosoftOpenPieYanza
Initial release201319892015
Current release4.1.0, June 2022SQL Server 2022, November 20222.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javauser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyesnone
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache ImpalaMicrosoft SQL ServerPieCloudDBYanza
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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