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DBMS > Altibase vs. Derby vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Derby vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitealtibase.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
github.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.keydb.devsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software FoundationHarperDBEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.SiteWhere
Initial release19991997201720192010
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202310.17.1.0, November 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaNode.jsC++Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemaschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yesSQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsJava Stored ProceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Lua
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control and ACLUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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