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DBMS > Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. OrigoDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. OrigoDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerarkDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
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.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of SQLiteA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgorigodb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlorigodb.com/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersRobert Friberg et alAlessandro FurieriByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release199720142009 infounder the name LiveDB20082016
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20234.0.5, February 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC#C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesno
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.yesnono infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJava.NetC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layerhorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednonenone
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 methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole based authorizationnono

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