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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitives
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
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Score3.52
Rank#75  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#168  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.firebolt.iojsqldb.org (offline)
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.firebolt.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFirebolt Analytics Inc.Konrad von Backstrom
Initial release199720202018
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20230.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnofunctions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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