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System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. Apache HBase vs. gStore

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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache HBase  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
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Score3.42
Rank#76  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score24.08
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.03
Rank#371  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyhbase.apache.orgen.gstore.cn
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release199720082016
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.3.4, January 20211.2, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)yes
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-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supported

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