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DBMS > Apache Spark (SQL) vs. ArangoDB vs. H2GIS

System Properties Comparison Apache Spark (SQL) vs. ArangoDB vs. H2GIS

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Spatial extension of H2
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score19.76
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.87
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.04
Rank#367  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlarangodb.comwww.h2gis.org
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.arangodb.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­home
DeveloperApache Software FoundationArangoDB Inc.CNRS
Initial release201420122013
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20233.11.5, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptyes infobased on H2
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding infosince version 2.0none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes infobased on H2
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesyes infobased on H2

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