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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasepostgis.netwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9postgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Mireo
Initial release2013199120052020
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.73.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesyes infobased on PostgreSQLReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes

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