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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Derby vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Derby vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Application development environment with integrated database management systemRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.progress.com/­openedgewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latesthelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperApache Software FoundationProgress Software CorporationSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release2016199719841992
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 202017, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyesyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92yes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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