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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. Machbase Neo vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Machbase Neo vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. TimescaleDB

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDatamSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score14.03
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#324  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.87
Rank#74  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgmachbase.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorigodb.comwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmachbase.com/­dbmsorigodb.com/­docsdocs.timescale.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMachbaseHughes TechnologiesRobert Friberg et alTimescale
Initial release2013201319942009 infounder the name LiveDB2017
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V8.0, August 20234.4, October 20212.13.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree test version availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CCC#C
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyesuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnononoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factornoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infovolatile and lookup tablenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberossimple password-based access controlnoRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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