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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. DolphinDB vs. Ehcache vs. GridGain vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.DolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.dolphindb.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.gridgain.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDolphinDB, IncTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGridGain Systems, Inc.Sybase, SAP
Initial release19972018200920071993
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023v2.00.4, January 20223.10.0, March 2022GridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
JCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
JavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)Multi-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAdministrators, Users, GroupsnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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