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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. HyperSQL vs. OushuDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learning
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score6.86
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score4.85
Rank#81  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#382  Overall
#155  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyhsqldb.orgwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDB
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlwww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOushu
Initial release19972001
Current release10.16.1.1, May 20222.7.2, June 20234.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresJava, SQLyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKerberos, SSL and role based access

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