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DBMS > Derby vs. FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. Spark SQL vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. Spark SQL vs. Transbase

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Real-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.orgspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsCCRi and othersApache Software FoundationTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release19972017201420141987
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232022, May 20225.0.0, May 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoScalaScalaC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL queriesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnonoyes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdepending on storage layeryes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesdepending on storage layernoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnonoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesdepending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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