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System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. DuckDB vs. openGauss

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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by Huawei
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.04
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score7.44
Rank#44  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#187  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyduckdb.orggitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlduckdb.org/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release199720182019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20231.0.0, June 20243.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C, C++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-lessLinux
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesANSI SQL 2011
APIs and other access methodsJDBCArrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
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 integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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