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DBMS > Derby vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. XTDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB 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.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromJuxt Ltd.
Initial release19972009201420182019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.10.0, March 20225.0.0, May 20240.8, December 20181.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaClojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheHTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaJavaScriptClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnonofunctions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layernoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infousing RocksDByes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesdepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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