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Apache Hive vs MariaDB ColumnStore

Apache Hive

hive.apache.org

MariaDB ColumnStore

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Open sourceYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published10
Spec score · Analytics Databases9.0 (#4)5.5 (#29)
Spec score · OLAP Databases8.9 (#5)5.5 (#29)

Plans

Apache Hive

  • Apache HiveFree

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MariaDB ColumnStore

No plans published.

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In their own words

Apache Hive

Apache Hive is a distributed data warehouse system for reading, writing, and managing large datasets with SQL. Its Metastore keeps shared metadata for tables and partitions and serves clients including Hive, Impala, and Spark; HiveServer2 supports concurrent clients through JDBC and ODBC. Hive provides full ACID transactions for ORC tables and insert-only transactions for other formats. Documented storage options include S3, Azure Data Lake, and Google Cloud Storage, and Hive supports Apache Iceberg tables through a StorageHandler. Named integrations include Spark, Presto, and Impala, with Apache Ranger for authorization and Apache Atlas for lineage and governance. Security options described by the project include Kerberos, fine-grained access control, and audit logging; HiveServer2 also lists LDAP, PAM, and custom authentication. The quickstart includes Docker instructions for the server and Metastore. Hive is free open-source software. The installation manual lists Java 8, Maven 3.6.3, Protobuf 2.5, Hadoop 3.3.6, and Tez among current prerequisites; Hive 4.2.x instead requires JDK 21 minimum and works with Hadoop 3.4.1 and Tez 0.10.5.

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MariaDB ColumnStore

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