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System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Apache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.04
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score21.62
Rank#29  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyspark.apache.org/­sqlquasar.ai
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundationquasardb
Initial release199720142009
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesnoyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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