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DBMS > Derby vs. Dgraph vs. HugeGraph vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Dgraph vs. HugeGraph vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbydgraph.iogithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
google.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldgraph.io/­docshugegraph.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.BaiduHypertable Inc.Google
Initial release19972016201820092014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20230.90.9.8.11, March 20162.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJDBCGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
C++ API
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono
TriggersyesnononoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication via Raftyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseselectable replication factor on file system levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonovia hugegraph-sparkyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoedges in graphnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoPlanned for future releasesUsers, roles and permissionsnono

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