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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. CouchDB vs. Cubrid vs. Kdb

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score10.26
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score1.31
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgcouchdb.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
kx.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stablecubrid.org/­manualscode.kx.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release2013200520082000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release4.1.0, June 20223.3.3, December 202311.0, January 20213.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++ErlangC, C++, Javaq
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceView functions in JavaScriptJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0nonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accounts
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Apache ImpalaCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"CubridKdb
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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