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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. NCache vs. Netezza vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. NCache vs. Netezza vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Spatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score35.09
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzawww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAlachisoftIBMSAP, Sybase
Initial release2013200520001987
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.3.3, April 202416.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
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 KerberosAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Users with fine-grained authorization conceptfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache ImpalaNCacheNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBMSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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