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DBMS > Derby vs. Ehcache vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Hazelcast

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Ehcache vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Hazelcast

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  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 optionsHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.A widely adopted in-memory data grid
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.ehcache.orgwww.hawkular.orghazelcast.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCommunity supported by Red HatHazelcast
Initial release1997200920142008
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategy
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheHTTP RESTJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaGo
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnonoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Services
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infoEvents
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infoReplicated Map
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithm
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 resourcenoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commited
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoRole-based access control

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