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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. HyperSQL vs. Speedb vs. SWC-DB

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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 comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  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 HSQLDBAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#315  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyhsqldb.orgwww.speedb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSpeedbAlex Kashirin
Initial release1997200120202020
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.7.2, June 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresJava, SQLnono
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBSpeedbSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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