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DBMS > Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. GridDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is 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.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orggriddb.netjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.griddb.nettechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersToshiba CorporationKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release19972014201320182014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20234.0.5, February 20245.1, August 20220.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampnono
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 indexesyesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnonofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID at container levelno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGeoMesaGridDBJSqlDbLokiJS
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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