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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Ingres vs. jBASE vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Ingres vs. jBASE vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopWell established RDBMSA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaActian CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Simer Plaha
Initial release20131974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s19912018
Current release4.1.0, June 202211.2, May 20225.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CScala
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalno
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorIngres Replicatoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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