Up to Derby 10.4.2.0, the in-memory database mode wasn’t a real one because data was stored into files onto your disk. The new 10.5.1.1 supports a real in-memory mode were data is only stored in memory, with no files being created. As stated in the new features page : Initial implementation of a storage engine for Derby where all data is kept in memory. There … Continue reading Derby 10.5.1.1 is really an in-memory database