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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Kdb vs. LMDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.High performance Time Series DBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database library
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.33
Rank#118  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbykx.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdb
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlcode.kx.comwww.lmdb.tech/­doc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSymas
Initial release19972000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032011
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.6, May 20180.9.32, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaqC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
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 dataACIDnoACID
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBKdbLMDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBKdbLMDB
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