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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. H2GIS vs. OpenTSDB vs. Realm vs. TinkerGraph

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial extension of H2Scalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#372  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#147  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#344  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.h2gis.orgopentsdb.netrealm.iotinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homeopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaCNRScurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132013201120142009
Current release4.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoLGPLOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaErlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infobased on H2nono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBasenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2selectable replication factor infobased on HBasenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes infobased on H2noyesno

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