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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Ehcache vs. eXtremeDB vs. HBase vs. Microsoft Access

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  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 optionsNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.ehcache.orgwww.mcobject.comhbase.apache.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­access
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­access
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMcObjectApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMicrosoft
Initial release19972009200120081992
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.10.0, March 20228.2, 20212.3.4, January 20211902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoBundled with Microsoft Office
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLs
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standard
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCache.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoby defining eventsyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServerActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infobut no files for transaction logging
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infobut no files for transaction logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003
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