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DBMS > Amazon DocumentDB vs. Apache Derby vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon DocumentDB vs. Apache Derby vs. XTDB

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NameAmazon DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed MongoDB-compatible database serviceFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score1.80
Rank#126  Overall
#24  Document stores
Score3.04
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#314  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­documentdbdb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­documentdb/­resourcesdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationJuxt Ltd.
Initial release201919972019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaClojure
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsproprietary protocol using JSON (MongoDB compatible)JDBCHTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
JavaClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-availability zones for high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasSource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possibleyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-document operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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