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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Derby vs. mSQL vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Derby vs. mSQL vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comdb.apache.org/­derbyhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHughes TechnologiesSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2016199719942013
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20234.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoJavaScript
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnosimple password-based access control

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