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DBMS > Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. Hawkular Metrics 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 comparisonHawkular Metrics  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.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
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Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#374  Overall
#38  Time Series DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgwww.hawkular.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidetechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersCommunity supported by Red HatKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release19972014201420182014
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20234.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnono
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 indexesyesyesnonoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP RESTJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnonofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerSharding infobased on Cassandranonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono 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 layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenono

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