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DBMS > Derby vs. Galaxybase vs. GeoSpock vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Galaxybase vs. GeoSpock vs. searchxml

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Scalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygalaxybase.comgeospock.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software FoundationChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司GeoSpockinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release199720172015
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023Nov 20, November 20212.0, September 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC and JavaJava, JavascriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxhostedWindows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesschema-free
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JDBCRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsnoyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnomultiple readers, single writer
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGalaxybaseGeoSpocksearchxml
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