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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. SiteWhere

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.M2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#367  Overall
#36  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationSiteWhere
Initial release201419972010
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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