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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. PostGIS vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. Teradata

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. PostGIS vs. TDSQL for MySQL vs. Teradata

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.A hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#207  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Score44.87
Rank#22  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgpostgis.netwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdbwww.teradata.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042docs.teradata.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaTencentTeradata
Initial release2013200520131984
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.4.2, February 2024Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedhosted
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash index
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyesyes infoSQL 2016 + extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsyesyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallel
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingSharding infoHashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-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 integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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