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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. searchxml vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Widely used in-process key-value storeDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Multivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracleinformationpartners gmbhRocket Software
Initial release1997199420151985
Current release10.17.1.0, November 202318.1.40, May 20201.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infocommercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesoptional
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.yesyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availablenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyes infoon the application serveryes
Triggersyesyes infoonly for the SQL APInoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDmultiple readers, single writerACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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