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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Rockset vs. SpatiaLite vs. ToroDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpatial extension of SQLiteA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgrockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.rockset.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaRocksetAlessandro Furieri8Kdata
Initial release2013201920082016
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedserver-lessAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenoAccess rights for users and roles

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