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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. mSQL vs. OrientDB vs. Prometheus vs. SpaceTime

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorientdb.orgprometheus.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHughes TechnologiesOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPMireo
Initial release20131994201020152020
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.4, October 20213.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language, no joinsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava, Javascriptnono
TriggersnonoHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replicationyes infoby FederationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenoyes

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