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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. Splice Machine vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. Splice Machine vs. Trafodion

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#250  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheobjectbox.iosplicemachine.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.iosplicemachine.com/­how-it-workstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAlachisoftObjectBox LimitedSplice MachineApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20132005201720142014
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.3.3, April 20243.1, March 20212.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++JavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native APIJDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyes infoJavaJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnoneShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency levelonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoYes, via Full Spark Integrationyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
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)yesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache ImpalaNCacheObjectBoxSplice MachineTrafodion
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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