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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. H2 vs. HBase vs. Machbase Neo

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. H2 vs. HBase vs. Machbase Neo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.h2database.comhbase.apache.orgmachbase.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmachbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationThomas MuellerApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMachbase
Initial release20141997200520082013
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.2.220, July 20232.3.4, January 2021V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple password-based access control

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