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DBMS > Derby vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Rockset

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
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 optionsCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.ehcache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorerockset.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleRockset
Initial release1997200920172019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMhostedhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, with Cloud Functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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