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DBMS > Apache Derby vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Snowflake

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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 comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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 processingRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.04
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score21.62
Rank#29  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#289  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score172.01
Rank#6  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyspark.apache.org/­sqlraima.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.raima.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationRaima Inc.Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release1997201419842014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 202315, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal partitioningyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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Apache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBApache Spark (SQL)Raima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSnowflake
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10 June 2021

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8 October 2020

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1 October 2020

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