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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Derby vs. Memcached

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for caching
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.memcached.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release2014201219972003
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.17.1.0, November 20231.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Java.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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AlaSQLApache DrillDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBMemcached
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