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Apache Spark (SQL) System Properties

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Name

Description

Apache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

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Website

spark.apache.org/sql

Technical documentation

spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

Initial release

2014

Current release

3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Scala

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

Java
Python
R
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes, utilizing Spark Core

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

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