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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. SpatiaLite vs. SWC-DB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of SQLiteA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAlessandro FurieriAlex Kashirin
Initial release201320082020
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.0.0, August 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosno

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