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DBMS > Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. JSqlDb vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. HarperDB vs. JSqlDb vs. XTDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgwww.harperdb.iojsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersHarperDBKonrad von BackstromJuxt Ltd.
Initial release19972014201720182019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.0.0, May 20243.1, August 20210.8, December 20181.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaNode.jsClojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesnoyes, extensible-data-notation format
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
JavaScriptClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layeryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes infousing RocksDByes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and roles

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