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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Sphinx vs. ToroDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­torodb/­serverwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSphinx Technologies Inc.8Kdata
Initial release2013200120162023
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.5.1, February 20231.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VMLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idVector, Numeric and String
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 infofull-text index on all search fieldsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSource-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 Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
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 KerberosnoAccess rights for users and rolesRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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