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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. RDFox vs. SWC-DB vs. Titan vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. RDFox vs. SWC-DB vs. Titan vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.A .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
github.com/­thinkaurelius/­titanvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wikivelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaOxford Semantic TechnologiesAlex KashirinAurelius, owned by DataStaxVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20132017202020122011
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.0, Septermber 20220.5, April 20217.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache license, version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
.Net
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
Java
C++Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesno
TriggersnonoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infovia pluggable storage backendsSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorreplication via a shared file systemyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphno
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 infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRoles, resources, and access typesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerBased on Windows Authentication

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