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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Ehcache vs. MaxDB vs. PouchDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  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 optionsA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.ehcache.orgmaxdb.sap.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Apache Software Foundation
Initial release1997200919842012
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.10.0, March 20227.9.10.12, February 20247.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
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)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
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-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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