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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. OrientDB 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 comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  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.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)orientdb.orggithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPJuxt Ltd.
Initial release19972014201820102019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.0.0, May 20240.8, December 20183.2.29, March 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaClojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes, 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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query language, no joinslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBCTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptJava, Javascriptno
TriggersyesnonoHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layernoneMulti-source replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes, 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 layer
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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