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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. NebulaGraph vs. Oracle Rdb vs. searchxml vs. Solr

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Search engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssolr.apache.org
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.nebula-graph.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationVesoft Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)informationpartners gmbhApache Software Foundation
Initial release19972019198420152006
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20237.4.1.1, 20211.09.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxHP Open VMSWindowsAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.yesnonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyesnoSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBrowser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoon the application serverJava plugins
Triggersyesnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodemultiple readers, single writeroptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesyes
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBNebulaGraphOracle RdbsearchxmlSolr
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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