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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Schema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called Whisper
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.42
Rank#76  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score1.82
Rank#123  Overall
#22  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#63  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbydrill.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-web
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldrill.apache.org/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationChris Davis
Initial release199720122006
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20231.20.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaPython
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data only
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
Supported programming languagesJavaC++JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolocking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data source
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceno

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