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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Derby vs. Drizzle vs. Ehcache vs. WakandaDB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.ehcache.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasedb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAsthon TateApache Software FoundationDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGWakanda SAS
Initial release19791997200820092012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 201910.17.1.0, November 20237.2.4, September 20123.10.0, March 20222.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JDBCJDBCJCacheRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.Java Stored Proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnoyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoyes

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