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DBMS > Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgpostgis.netquasar.ai
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersquasardb
Initial release1997201420052009
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.0.0, May 20243.4.2, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
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 persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layernoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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