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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Newts vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpatial extension of PostgreSQLM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgopennms.github.io/­newtspostgis.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikipostgis.net/­documentationsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaOpenNMS GroupSiteWhere
Initial release2013201420052010
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyespredefined scheme
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQLselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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