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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GridGain vs. Memcached vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  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 IgniteIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
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
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.gridgain.comwww.memcached.orgvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGridGain Systems, Inc.Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalVictoriaMetrics
Initial release1997200720032018
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023GridGain 8.5.11.6.25, March 2024v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetCGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Proprietary protocolGraphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
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)nono
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)none infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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