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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. EsgynDB vs. OpenSearch vs. PostGIS

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
postgis.net
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlopensearch.org/­docs/­latestpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynAmazon Web Services
Initial release1997201520212005
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.5.0, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaJavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBEsgynDBOpenSearchPostGIS
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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