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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of PostgreSQLThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query ServerTime Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgpostgis.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSAP, SybaseAlex Kashirin
Initial release2013200519872020
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.4.2, February 202416.00.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsJava and Transact-SQLno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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