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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. FoundationDB vs. openGauss vs. TigerGraph

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
www.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
docs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFoundationDBHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release1997201320192017
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20236.2.28, November 20203.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C, C++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlyANSI SQL 2011SQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Java
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlyyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlyyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
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-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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