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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. Graphite vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. HyperSQL

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. Graphite vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. HyperSQL

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.iohsqldb.org
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.html
DeveloperEsgynChris DavisThomas MuellerHarperDB
Initial release20152006200520172001
Current release2.2.220, July 20233.1, August 20212.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infobased on BSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaPythonJavaNode.jsJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes
Data schemeyesyesyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Java, SQL
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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