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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Sphinx vs. Trafodion vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Sphinx vs. Trafodion vs. Yanza

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.Yanza 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 databasesTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websiteimpala.apache.orgsphinxsearch.comtrafodion.apache.orgyanza.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSphinx Technologies Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPYanza
Initial release2013200120142015
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.5.1, February 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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 fieldsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Netany language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnononoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes, via HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate 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 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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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