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System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. Derby vs. HarperDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.08
Rank#347  Overall
#47  Document stores
#34  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitebangdb.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.harperdb.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperSachin Sinha, BangDBApache Software FoundationHarperDBMicrosoft
Initial release2012199720172010
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 202110.17.1.0, November 20233.1, August 2021V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC, C++JavaNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL like support with command line toolyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Transact SQL
Triggersyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)Source-replica replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, run db with in-memory only modeyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes (enterprise version only)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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