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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GridDB vs. RethinkDB vs. Solr vs. SwayDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.A widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.74
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygriddb.netrethinkdb.comsolr.apache.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netrethinkdb.com/­docssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationToshiba CorporationThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017Apache Software FoundationSimer Plaha
Initial release19972013200920062018
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.1, August 20222.4.1, August 20209.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++JavaScala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingno
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.yesnonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoJava pluginsno
TriggersyesyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding inforange basedShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelAtomic single-document operationsoptimistic lockingAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC basedyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes infousers and table-level permissionsyesno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGridDBRethinkDBSolrSwayDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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