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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GridGain vs. Ignite vs. Ingres vs. Memcached

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Well established RDBMSIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for caching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.gridgain.comignite.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.memcached.org
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingresgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software FoundationActian CorporationDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release1997200720151974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2003
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023GridGain 8.5.1Apache Ignite 2.611.2, May 20221.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetC++, Java, .NetCC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.yesyesyesno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesno
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes (cache interceptors and events)yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)yes (replicated cache)Ingres Replicatornone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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