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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score3.04
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#228  Overall
#38  Document stores
#105  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationYandex
Initial release19972019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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