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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. mSQL vs. OpenTSDB vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document 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
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteimpala.apache.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlopentsdb.netorigodb.comrealm.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlorigodb.com/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaHughes Technologiescurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsRobert Friberg et alRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2013199420112009 infounder the name LiveDB2014
Current release4.1.0, June 20224.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoLGPLOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnononoyes infoDomain Eventsyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBasehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replicationnone
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 infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnonoRole based authorizationyes

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