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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Derby vs. HarperDB vs. Ignite

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Full-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.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.harperdb.ioignite.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
DeveloperBaseX GmbHApache Software FoundationHarperDBApache Software Foundation
Initial release2007199720172015
Current release11.0, June 202410.17.1.0, November 20233.1, August 2021Apache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaNode.jsC++, Java, .Net
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes 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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
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
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored ProceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersyes infovia eventsyesnoyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesSecurity Hooks for custom implementations

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