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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. FeatureBase vs. Memcached vs. Sequoiadb

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.featurebase.comwww.memcached.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.featurebase.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release1997201720032013
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232022, May 20221.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL queriesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Proprietary protocolproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoJavaScript
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolsimple password-based access control

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