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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Derby vs. GridDB vs. InterSystems Caché

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Derby vs. GridDB vs. InterSystems Caché

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA multi-model DBMS and application server
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltdb.apache.org/­derbygriddb.netwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cache
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netdocs.intersystems.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationToshiba CorporationInterSystems
Initial release2013199720131997
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.1, August 20222018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresnoyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID at container levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users, groups and roles
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BoltDBDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGridDBInterSystems Caché
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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