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DBMS > Derby vs. Lovefield vs. Newts vs. Quasardb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Lovefield vs. Newts vs. Quasardb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygoogle.github.io/­lovefieldopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.aiwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­masterhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogleOpenNMS GroupquasardbSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release19972014201420091992
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.1.12, February 20173.14.1, January 202417, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP REST
Java API
HTTP APIADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnononoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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