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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Geode vs. Heroic vs. PostGIS vs. SingleStore

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchSpatial extension of PostgreSQLMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score15.06
Rank#39  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.38
Rank#123  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.63
Rank#242  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score24.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score6.03
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggeode.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicpostgis.netwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlgeode.apache.org/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.SpotifySingleStore Inc.
Initial release20132002201420052013
Current release4.1.0, June 20221.1, February 20173.4.2, February 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaCC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (OQL)noyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights per client and object definableyes infobased on PostgreSQLFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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