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DBMS > Amazon Redshift vs. Apache Derby vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Amazon Redshift vs. Apache Derby vs. PostGIS

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NameAmazon Redshift  Xexclude from comparisonApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLarge scale data warehouse service for use with business intelligence toolsFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score14.07
Rank#38  Overall
#23  Relational DBMS
Score3.92
Rank#71  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score19.62
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­redshiftdb.apache.org/­derbypostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­redshiftdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAmazon (based on PostgreSQL)Apache Software Foundation
Initial release201219972005
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageCJavaC
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesrestrictedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infodoes not fully support an SQL-standardyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin PythonJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoinformational only, not enforced by the systemyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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