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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. jBASE vs. Splunk vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAnalytics Platform for Big DataMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSSearch engineMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.splunk.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Splunk Inc.Rocket Software
Initial release20141997199120031985
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesoptional
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.noyesyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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