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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Derby vs. PouchDB vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Derby vs. PouchDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbypouchdb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlpouchdb.com/­guidessitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationSiteWhere
Initial release2018199720122010
Current release1.1.0, April 202310.17.1.0, November 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBCHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
selectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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