Replacing Derby with H2

37 files changed, 298 insertions, 824 deletions

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1808668063..a59a5682301 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,13 +81,7 @@
   </prerequisites>
 
   <properties>
-    <!--
-    Warning before upgrading Derby to 10.8 : new conversion from BOOLEAN to CHAR.
-    "If you use setBoolean() or setObject() with a CHAR(1) datatype you must change your code and use setInt() or Derby will try to store "true" or
-    "false" strings."
-    -->
-    <derby.version>10.7.1.1</derby.version>
-
+    <h2.version>1.3.167</h2.version>
     <jetty.version>6.1.25</jetty.version>
     <sonar.skippedModules>sonar-gwt-api,sonar-core-gwt</sonar.skippedModules>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -792,19 +786,9 @@
         <version>0.9.30</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-        <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
-        <version>${derby.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-        <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-        <version>${derby.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-        <artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>
-        <version>${derby.version}</version>
+        <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+        <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+        <version>${h2.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <!--
diff --git a/sonar-application/assembly.xml b/sonar-application/assembly.xml
index cb8bcdf6e46..f1be3c02ec1 100644
--- a/sonar-application/assembly.xml
+++ b/sonar-application/assembly.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <excludes>
         <exclude>org.codehaus.sonar:sonar-server</exclude>
         <exclude>mysql:mysql-connector-java</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.apache.derby:derbyclient</exclude>
+        <exclude>com.h2database:h2</exclude>
         <exclude>postgresql:postgresql</exclude>
         <exclude>net.sourceforge.jtds:jtds</exclude>
         <exclude>org.codehaus.sonar.plugins:*</exclude>
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependencySet>
     <dependencySet>
-      <outputDirectory>extensions/jdbc-driver/derby/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory>extensions/jdbc-driver/h2/</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
-        <include>org.apache.derby:derbyclient</include>
+        <include>com.h2database:h2</include>
       </includes>
       <unpack>false</unpack>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
diff --git a/sonar-application/pom.xml b/sonar-application/pom.xml
index 1fba0b0bfd6..50300a5d649 100644
--- a/sonar-application/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-application/pom.xml
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sonar-application/src/main/assembly/conf/sonar.properties b/sonar-application/src/main/assembly/conf/sonar.properties
index 9bf7f10b465..e48cda0d6d5 100644
--- a/sonar-application/src/main/assembly/conf/sonar.properties
+++ b/sonar-application/src/main/assembly/conf/sonar.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DATABASE
 #
-# IMPORTANT : the embedded database Derby is used by default. 
+# IMPORTANT : the embedded database H2 is used by default. 
 # It is recommended for tests only. Please use an external database
 # for production environment (MySQL, Oracle, Postgresql, SQLServer)
 #
@@ -38,22 +38,19 @@
 sonar.jdbc.username:                       sonar
 sonar.jdbc.password:                       sonar
 
-#----- Embedded database Derby
+#----- Embedded database H2
 # Note : it does not accept connections from remote hosts, so the
 # sonar server and the maven plugin must be executed on the same host.
   
 # Comment the following line to deactivate the default embedded database.
-sonar.jdbc.url:                            jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sonar;create=true
-#sonar.jdbc.driverClassName:                org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
+sonar.jdbc.url:                            jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost:9092/sonar
+#sonar.jdbc.driverClassName:                org.h2.Driver
 #sonar.jdbc.validationQuery:                values(1)
 
-# directory containing Derby database files. By default it's the /data directory in the sonar installation.
+# directory containing H2 database files. By default it's the /data directory in the sonar installation.
 #sonar.embeddedDatabase.dataDir:
-# derby embedded database server listening port, defaults to 1527
-#sonar.derby.drda.portNumber:               1527
-
-# uncomment to accept connections from remote hosts. Ba default it only accepts localhost connections.
-#sonar.derby.drda.host: 0.0.0.0
+# H2 embedded database server listening port, defaults to 9092
+#sonar.embeddedDatabase.port:               9092
 
 
 #----- MySQL 5.x/6.x
diff --git a/sonar-core/pom.xml b/sonar-core/pom.xml
index 9870817f428..e1aff5e0bb8 100644
--- a/sonar-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-core/pom.xml
@@ -42,18 +42,6 @@
       <artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
       <artifactId>sonar-update-center-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
@@ -160,6 +148,11 @@
       <artifactId>jtds</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseMigrator.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseMigrator.java
index 32b7ba37697..66521373392 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseMigrator.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseMigrator.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.sonar.api.ServerComponent;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 
 /**
- * Restore schema by executing DDL scripts. Only Derby database is supported. 
+ * Restore schema by executing DDL scripts. Only H2 database is supported.
  * Other databases are created by Ruby on Rails migrations.
  *
  * @since 2.12
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtils.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtils.java
index 19e145e502c..530103614c3 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtils.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtils.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public final class DdlUtils {
   }
 
   public static boolean supportsDialect(String dialect) {
-    return "derby".equals(dialect);
+    return "h2".equals(dialect);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabase.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabase.java
index c94d883e88c..2d6cb1cbec9 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabase.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabase.java
@@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.sonar.api.config.Settings;
 import org.sonar.api.database.DatabaseProperties;
-import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.*;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Dialect;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.DialectUtils;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.H2;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Oracle;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.PostgreSql;
 import org.sonar.jpa.session.CustomHibernateConnectionProvider;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -84,8 +89,8 @@ public class DefaultDatabase implements Database {
     if (dialect == null) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Can not guess the JDBC dialect. Please check the property sonar.jdbc.url.");
     }
-    if (Derby.ID.equals(dialect.getId())) {
-      LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultDatabase.class).warn("Derby database should be used for evaluation purpose only");
+    if (H2.ID.equals(dialect.getId())) {
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultDatabase.class).warn("H2 database should be used for evaluation purpose only");
     }
     if (!properties.containsKey("sonar.jdbc.driverClassName")) {
       properties.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.driverClassName", dialect.getDefaultDriverClassName());
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ public class DefaultDatabase implements Database {
     }
   }
 
-  private void initDatasource() throws Exception {//NOSONAR this exception is thrown by BasicDataSourceFactory
+  private void initDatasource() throws Exception {// NOSONAR this exception is thrown by BasicDataSourceFactory
     // but it's correctly caught by start()
 
     LOG.info("Create JDBC datasource");
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/DialectUtils.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/DialectUtils.java
index 6618d536064..3a5f6821b97 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/DialectUtils.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/DialectUtils.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public final class DialectUtils {
   private DialectUtils() {
   }
 
-  private static final Dialect[] DIALECTS = new Dialect[]{new Derby(), new MySql(), new Oracle(), new PostgreSql(), new MsSql()};
+  private static final Dialect[] DIALECTS = new Dialect[] {new H2(), new MySql(), new Oracle(), new PostgreSql(), new MsSql()};
 
   public static Dialect find(final String dialectId, final String jdbcConnectionUrl) {
     Dialect match = StringUtils.isNotBlank(dialectId) ? findById(dialectId) : findByJdbcUrl(jdbcConnectionUrl);
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/Derby.java b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/H2.java
index e35d27ae8a9..00879be648b 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/Derby.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/H2.java
@@ -20,25 +20,21 @@
 package org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect;
-import org.hibernate.id.IdentityGenerator;
-import org.sonar.api.database.DatabaseProperties;
-
-import java.sql.Types;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect;
 
 /**
  * @since 1.12
  */
-public class Derby implements Dialect {
+public class H2 implements Dialect {
 
-  public static final String ID = "derby";
+  public static final String ID = "h2";
 
   public String getId() {
     return ID;
   }
 
   public String getActiveRecordDialectCode() {
-    return "derby";
+    return "h2";
   }
 
   public String getActiveRecordJdbcAdapter() {
@@ -46,51 +42,21 @@ public class Derby implements Dialect {
   }
 
   public Class<? extends org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect> getHibernateDialectClass() {
-    return DerbyWithDecimalDialect.class;
+    return H2Dialect.class;
   }
 
   public boolean matchesJdbcURL(String jdbcConnectionURL) {
-    return StringUtils.startsWithIgnoreCase(jdbcConnectionURL, "jdbc:derby:");
+    return StringUtils.startsWithIgnoreCase(jdbcConnectionURL, "jdbc:h2:");
   }
 
   public String getDefaultDriverClassName() {
-    return "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver";
+    return "org.h2.Driver";
   }
 
   public String getConnectionInitStatement(String schema) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  public static class DerbyWithDecimalDialect extends DerbyDialect {
-    public DerbyWithDecimalDialect() {
-      super();
-      registerColumnType(Types.DOUBLE, "decimal");
-      registerColumnType(Types.VARCHAR, DatabaseProperties.MAX_TEXT_SIZE, "clob");
-      registerColumnType(Types.VARBINARY, "blob");
-
-      // Not possible to do alter column types in Derby
-      registerColumnType(Types.BIGINT, "integer");
-
-      registerColumnType(Types.BIT, "boolean");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toBooleanValueString(boolean bool) {
-      return bool ? "true" : "false";
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * To be compliant with Oracle, we define on each model (ch.hortis.sonar.model classes)
-     * a sequence generator. It works on mySQL because strategy = GenerationType.AUTO, so
-     * it equals GenerationType.IDENTITY.
-     * But on derby, AUTO becomes TABLE instead of IDENTITY. So we explicitly change this behavior.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public Class getNativeIdentifierGeneratorClass() {
-      return IdentityGenerator.class;
-    }
-  }
-
   public String getTrueSqlValue() {
     return "true";
   }
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/rows-derby.sql b/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/rows-h2.sql
index 681838d3d8b..681838d3d8b 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/rows-derby.sql
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/rows-h2.sql
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/schema-derby.ddl b/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/schema-h2.ddl
index 917688365a1..b597ddde8f4 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/schema-derby.ddl
+++ b/sonar-core/src/main/resources/org/sonar/core/persistence/schema-h2.ddl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- Structure of Sonar Database
 
--- Initially this file has been generated from existing Derby DB
+-- Initially this file has been generated from existing H2 DB
 -- Should be updated manually, during addition of new migrations
 
 CREATE TABLE "QUALITY_MODELS" (
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ CREATE TABLE "CRITERIA" (
   "FAMILY" VARCHAR(100),
   "KEE" VARCHAR(100),
   "OPERATOR" VARCHAR(20),
-  "VALUE" DECIMAL(30,20),
+  "VALUE" DOUBLE,
   "TEXT_VALUE" VARCHAR(256),
   "VARIATION" BOOLEAN
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "DEPENDENCIES" (
-  "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
+  "ID" BIGINT NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "FROM_SNAPSHOT_ID" INTEGER,
   "FROM_RESOURCE_ID" INTEGER,
   "TO_SNAPSHOT_ID" INTEGER,
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ CREATE TABLE "FILTER_COLUMNS" (
 
 CREATE TABLE "MEASURE_DATA" (
   "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
-  "MEASURE_ID" INTEGER,
+  "MEASURE_ID" BIGINT,
   "SNAPSHOT_ID" INTEGER,
-  "DATA" BLOB(2147483647)
+  "DATA" BINARY(167772150)
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "GROUPS" (
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "RULES" (
   "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "PLUGIN_RULE_KEY" VARCHAR(200) NOT NULL,
   "PLUGIN_NAME" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
-  "DESCRIPTION" CLOB(2147483647),
+  "DESCRIPTION" VARCHAR(16777215),
   "PRIORITY" INTEGER,
   "ENABLED" BOOLEAN,
   "CARDINALITY" VARCHAR(10),
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "REVIEW_COMMENTS" (
   "UPDATED_AT" TIMESTAMP,
   "REVIEW_ID" INTEGER,
   "USER_ID" INTEGER,
-  "REVIEW_TEXT" CLOB(2147483647)
+  "REVIEW_TEXT" VARCHAR(16777215)
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_CHANGES" (
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ CREATE TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_CHANGES" (
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "PROJECT_MEASURES" (
-  "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
-  "VALUE" DECIMAL(30,20),
+  "ID" BIGINT NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
+  "VALUE" DOUBLE,
   "METRIC_ID" INTEGER NOT NULL,
   "SNAPSHOT_ID" INTEGER,
   "RULE_ID" INTEGER,
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ CREATE TABLE "PROJECT_MEASURES" (
   "RULE_PRIORITY" INTEGER,
   "CHARACTERISTIC_ID" INTEGER,
   "PERSON_ID" INTEGER,
-  "VARIATION_VALUE_1" DECIMAL(30,20),
-  "VARIATION_VALUE_2" DECIMAL(30,20),
-  "VARIATION_VALUE_3" DECIMAL(30,20),
-  "VARIATION_VALUE_4" DECIMAL(30,20),
-  "VARIATION_VALUE_5" DECIMAL(30,20)
+  "VARIATION_VALUE_1" DOUBLE,
+  "VARIATION_VALUE_2" DOUBLE,
+  "VARIATION_VALUE_3" DOUBLE,
+  "VARIATION_VALUE_4" DOUBLE,
+  "VARIATION_VALUE_5" DOUBLE
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "SNAPSHOT_SOURCES" (
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ CREATE TABLE "REVIEWS" (
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "MANUAL_MEASURES" (
-  "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
+  "ID" BIGINT NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "METRIC_ID" INTEGER NOT NULL,
   "RESOURCE_ID" INTEGER,
-  "VALUE" DECIMAL(30,20),
+  "VALUE" DOUBLE,
   "TEXT_VALUE" VARCHAR(4000),
   "USER_LOGIN" VARCHAR(40),
   "DESCRIPTION" VARCHAR(4000),
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "ACTIVE_RULES" (
 CREATE TABLE "NOTIFICATIONS" (
   "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "CREATED_AT" TIMESTAMP,
-  "DATA" BLOB(2147483647)
+  "DATA" BINARY(167772150)
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE "USER_ROLES" (
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "CHARACTERISTIC_PROPERTIES" (
   "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "CHARACTERISTIC_ID" INTEGER,
   "KEE" VARCHAR(100),
-  "VALUE" DECIMAL(30,20),
+  "VALUE" DOUBLE,
   "TEXT_VALUE" VARCHAR(4000)
 );
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "RULE_FAILURES" (
   "FAILURE_LEVEL" INTEGER NOT NULL,
   "MESSAGE" VARCHAR(4000),
   "LINE" INTEGER,
-  "COST" DECIMAL(30,20),
+  "COST" DOUBLE,
   "CREATED_AT" TIMESTAMP,
   "CHECKSUM" VARCHAR(1000),
   "PERMANENT_ID" INTEGER,
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ CREATE TABLE "METRICS" (
   "USER_MANAGED" BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
   "ENABLED" BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
   "ORIGIN" VARCHAR(3),
-  "WORST_VALUE" DECIMAL(30,20),
-  "BEST_VALUE" DECIMAL(30,20),
+  "WORST_VALUE" DOUBLE,
+  "BEST_VALUE" DOUBLE,
   "OPTIMIZED_BEST_VALUE" BOOLEAN,
   "HIDDEN" BOOLEAN,
   "DELETE_HISTORICAL_DATA" BOOLEAN
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_NOTES" (
   "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "ACTIVE_RULE_ID" INTEGER,
   "USER_LOGIN" VARCHAR(40),
-  "DATA" BLOB(2147483647),
+  "DATA" BINARY(167772150),
   "CREATED_AT" TIMESTAMP,
   "UPDATED_AT" TIMESTAMP
 );
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "RULE_NOTES" (
   "ID" INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
   "RULE_ID" INTEGER,
   "USER_LOGIN" VARCHAR(40),
-  "DATA" BLOB(2147483647),
+  "DATA" BINARY(167772150),
   "CREATED_AT" TIMESTAMP,
   "UPDATED_AT" TIMESTAMP
 );
@@ -507,194 +507,3 @@ CREATE TABLE "AUTHORS" (
   "CREATED_AT" TIMESTAMP,
   "UPDATED_AT" TIMESTAMP
 );
-
-
--- ----------------------------------------------
--- DDL Statements for indexes
--- ----------------------------------------------
-
-CREATE INDEX "GROUP_ROLES_RESOURCE" ON "GROUP_ROLES" ("RESOURCE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "GROUP_ROLES_GROUP" ON "GROUP_ROLES" ("GROUP_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "USER_ROLES_RESOURCE" ON "USER_ROLES" ("RESOURCE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "USER_ROLES_USER" ON "USER_ROLES" ("USER_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "DUPLICATIONS_INDEX_HASH" ON "DUPLICATIONS_INDEX" ("HASH");
-
-CREATE INDEX "DUPLICATIONS_INDEX_SID" ON "DUPLICATIONS_INDEX" ("SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "DUPLICATIONS_INDEX_PSID" ON "DUPLICATIONS_INDEX" ("PROJECT_SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "SNAP_SOURCES_SNAPSHOT_ID" ON "SNAPSHOT_SOURCES" ("SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_GROUPS_USERS_ON_GROUP_ID" ON "GROUPS_USERS" ("GROUP_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_GROUPS_USERS_ON_USER_ID" ON "GROUPS_USERS" ("USER_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "DEPS_TO_SID" ON "DEPENDENCIES" ("TO_SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "DEPS_FROM_SID" ON "DEPENDENCIES" ("FROM_SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "DEPS_PRJ_SID" ON "DEPENDENCIES" ("PROJECT_SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "MEASURES_SID_METRIC" ON "PROJECT_MEASURES" ("SNAPSHOT_ID", "METRIC_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "ACTIVE_RULE_CHANGES_PID" ON "ACTIVE_RULE_CHANGES" ("PROFILE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "CHARACTERISTIC_PROPERTIES_CID" ON "CHARACTERISTIC_PROPERTIES" ("CHARACTERISTIC_ID");
-
-CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "METRICS_UNIQUE_NAME" ON "METRICS" ("NAME");
-
-CREATE INDEX "ACTIVE_RULE_PARAM_CHANGES_CID" ON "ACTIVE_RULE_PARAM_CHANGES" ("ACTIVE_RULE_CHANGE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "M_DATA_SID" ON "MEASURE_DATA" ("SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "MEASURE_DATA_MEASURE_ID" ON "MEASURE_DATA" ("MEASURE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "RF_PERMANENT_ID" ON "RULE_FAILURES" ("PERMANENT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "RULE_FAILURE_RULE_ID" ON "RULE_FAILURES" ("RULE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "RULE_FAILURE_SNAPSHOT_ID" ON "RULE_FAILURES" ("SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "EVENTS_SNAPSHOT_ID" ON "EVENTS" ("SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "EVENTS_RESOURCE_ID" ON "EVENTS" ("RESOURCE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "WIDGETS_WIDGETKEY" ON "WIDGETS" ("WIDGET_KEY");
-
-CREATE INDEX "WIDGETS_DASHBOARDS" ON "WIDGETS" ("DASHBOARD_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "SNAPSHOTS_QUALIFIER" ON "SNAPSHOTS" ("QUALIFIER");
-
-CREATE INDEX "SNAPSHOTS_ROOT" ON "SNAPSHOTS" ("ROOT_SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "SNAPSHOTS_PARENT" ON "SNAPSHOTS" ("PARENT_SNAPSHOT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "SNAPSHOT_PROJECT_ID" ON "SNAPSHOTS" ("PROJECT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "RULES_PARAMETERS_RULE_ID" ON "RULES_PARAMETERS" ("RULE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "ACTIVE_DASHBOARDS_DASHBOARDID" ON "ACTIVE_DASHBOARDS" ("DASHBOARD_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "ACTIVE_DASHBOARDS_USERID" ON "ACTIVE_DASHBOARDS" ("USER_ID");
-
-CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "UNIQUE_SCHEMA_MIGRATIONS" ON "SCHEMA_MIGRATIONS" ("VERSION");
-
-CREATE INDEX "WIDGET_PROPERTIES_WIDGETS" ON "WIDGET_PROPERTIES" ("WIDGET_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "PROPERTIES_KEY" ON "PROPERTIES" ("PROP_KEY");
-
-CREATE INDEX "MANUAL_MEASURES_RESOURCE_ID" ON "MANUAL_MEASURES" ("RESOURCE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "PROJECTS_KEE" ON "PROJECTS" ("KEE");
-
-CREATE INDEX "RESOURCE_INDEX_KEE" ON "RESOURCE_INDEX" ("KEE");
-
-CREATE INDEX "RESOURCE_INDEX_RID" ON "RESOURCE_INDEX" ("RESOURCE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_ACTION_PLANS_ON_PROJET_ID" ON "ACTION_PLANS" ("PROJECT_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_ACTION_PLANS_REVIEWS_ON_ACTION_PLAN_ID" ON "ACTION_PLANS_REVIEWS" ("ACTION_PLAN_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_ACTION_PLANS_REVIEWS_ON_REVIEW_ID" ON "ACTION_PLANS_REVIEWS" ("REVIEW_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_ACTIVE_RULE_NOTES_ON_ACTIVE_RULE_ID" ON "ACTIVE_RULE_NOTES" ("ACTIVE_RULE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "INDEX_RULE_NOTES_ON_ACTIVE_RULE_ID" ON "RULE_NOTES" ("RULE_ID");
-
-CREATE INDEX "REVIEWS_RID" ON "REVIEWS" ("RESOURCE_ID");
-
-
--- ----------------------------------------------
--- DDL Statements for keys
--- ----------------------------------------------
-
--- primary/unique
-ALTER TABLE "GROUP_ROLES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437910" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "REVIEWS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104440700" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "RULES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437080" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "USER_ROLES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437940" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "SNAPSHOT_SOURCES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437590" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "NOTIFICATIONS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104441030" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "DEPENDENCIES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104438330" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "PROJECT_MEASURES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437040" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_CHANGES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104440770" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "CHARACTERISTIC_PROPERTIES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439660" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "QUALITY_MODELS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439440" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "USERS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437310" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "CRITERIA" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104438720" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "METRICS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104436990" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_PARAM_CHANGES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104440790" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "MEASURE_DATA" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437810" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "RULE_FAILURES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437100" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "EVENTS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437690" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "WIDGETS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439750" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "SNAPSHOTS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104436960" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTIVE_RULES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437550" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "CHARACTERISTICS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439450" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "RULES_PARAMETERS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437130" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTIVE_DASHBOARDS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439710" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "FILTER_COLUMNS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104438710" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "REVIEW_COMMENTS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104440710" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "WIDGET_PROPERTIES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439770" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "PROPERTIES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437750" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "DASHBOARDS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104439740" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "GROUPS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437850" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "PROJECT_LINKS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437150" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "FILTERS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104438690" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "MANUAL_MEASURES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104440930" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ALERTS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437730" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "PROJECTS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104436930" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "RULES_PROFILES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437540" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_PARAMETERS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437560" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "LOADED_TEMPLATES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104437650" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTION_PLANS" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104447650" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "ACTIVE_RULE_NOTES" ADD CONSTRAINT "SQL110927104847650" PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "RULE_NOTES" ADD PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "AUTHORS" ADD PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
-
-ALTER TABLE "RESOURCE_INDEX" ADD PRIMARY KEY ("ID");
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/config/ConfigurationUtilsTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/config/ConfigurationUtilsTest.java
index 6707b019125..fa6d490276f 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/config/ConfigurationUtilsTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/config/ConfigurationUtilsTest.java
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ public class ConfigurationUtilsTest {
     input.setProperty("url", "${env:SONAR_JDBC_URL}");
     input.setProperty("do_not_change", "${SONAR_JDBC_URL}");
     Map<String, String> variables = Maps.newHashMap();
-    variables.put("SONAR_JDBC_URL", "jdbc:derby:mem");
+    variables.put("SONAR_JDBC_URL", "jdbc:h2:mem");
 
     Properties output = ConfigurationUtils.interpolateVariables(input, variables);
 
     assertThat(output.size(), is(3));
     assertThat(output.getProperty("hello"), is("world"));
-    assertThat(output.getProperty("url"), is("jdbc:derby:mem"));
+    assertThat(output.getProperty("url"), is("jdbc:h2:mem"));
     assertThat(output.getProperty("do_not_change"), is("${SONAR_JDBC_URL}"));
 
     // input is not changed
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DaoTestCase.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DaoTestCase.java
index bf868da93c5..bd26337937a 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DaoTestCase.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DaoTestCase.java
@@ -60,17 +60,21 @@ public abstract class DaoTestCase {
   public static void startDatabase() throws Exception {
     Settings settings = new Settings();
     settings.setProperties(Maps.fromProperties(System.getProperties()));
-    if (settings.hasKey("sonar.jdbc.dialect")) {
-      database = new DefaultDatabase(settings);
-    } else {
-      database = new InMemoryDatabase();
-    }
-    database.start();
+    boolean hasDialect = settings.hasKey("sonar.jdbc.dialect");
+
+    if ((null == database) || (hasDialect)) { // Create database only once per vm (Only for in mempry database)
+      if (hasDialect) {
+        database = new DefaultDatabase(settings);
+      } else {
+        database = new H2Database();
+      }
+      database.start();
 
-    myBatis = new MyBatis(database);
-    myBatis.start();
+      myBatis = new MyBatis(database);
+      myBatis.start();
 
-    databaseCommands = DatabaseCommands.forDialect(database.getDialect());
+      databaseCommands = DatabaseCommands.forDialect(database.getDialect());
+    }
   }
 
   @Before
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ public abstract class DaoTestCase {
   }
 
   protected final void checkTables(String testName, String... tables) {
-    checkTables(testName, new String[]{}, tables);
+    checkTables(testName, new String[] {}, tables);
   }
 
   protected final void checkTables(String testName, String[] excludedColumnNames, String... tables) {
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseCommands.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseCommands.java
index 521d1aaf70f..0eb249ab34a 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseCommands.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DatabaseCommands.java
@@ -20,15 +20,19 @@
 package org.sonar.core.persistence;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.DefaultDataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.IDataTypeFactory;
+import org.dbunit.ext.h2.H2DataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.ext.mssql.InsertIdentityOperation;
 import org.dbunit.ext.mssql.MsSqlDataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.ext.mysql.MySqlDataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.ext.oracle.Oracle10DataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.ext.postgresql.PostgresqlDataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.operation.DatabaseOperation;
-import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.*;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Dialect;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.MsSql;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.MySql;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Oracle;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.PostgreSql;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ public abstract class DatabaseCommands {
     return DatabaseOperation.CLEAN_INSERT;
   }
 
-  static final DatabaseCommands DERBY = new DatabaseCommands(new DefaultDataTypeFactory()) {
+  static final DatabaseCommands H2 = new DatabaseCommands(new H2DataTypeFactory()) {
     @Override
     public String truncate(String table) {
       return "TRUNCATE TABLE " + table;
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ public abstract class DatabaseCommands {
       return Arrays.asList(
           "DROP SEQUENCE " + sequence,
           "CREATE SEQUENCE " + sequence + " INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 1 START WITH 1"
-      );
+          );
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -143,10 +147,9 @@ public abstract class DatabaseCommands {
     }
   };
 
-
   public static DatabaseCommands forDialect(Dialect dialect) {
-    if (Derby.ID.equals(dialect.getId())) {
-      return DERBY;
+    if (org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.H2.ID.equals(dialect.getId())) {
+      return H2;
     }
     if (MsSql.ID.equals(dialect.getId())) {
       return MSSQL;
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtilsTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtilsTest.java
index b00dc8dfc28..a2a6887ab95 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtilsTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DdlUtilsTest.java
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.core.persistence;
 
-import org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver;
-import org.hamcrest.core.Is;
+import org.h2.Driver;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
@@ -28,39 +27,37 @@ import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class DdlUtilsTest {
 
-  static {
-    DerbyUtils.fixDerbyLogs();
-  }
-
   @Test
-  public void shouldSupportOnlyDerby() {
-    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("derby"), Is.is(true));
-    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("mysql"), Is.is(false));
-    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("oracle"), Is.is(false));
-    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("mssql"), Is.is(false));
+  public void shouldSupportOnlyH2() {
+    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("h2")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("mysql")).isFalse();
+    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("oracle")).isFalse();
+    assertThat(DdlUtils.supportsDialect("mssql")).isFalse();
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldCreateDerbySchema() throws SQLException {
-    int tables = 0;
-    DriverManager.registerDriver(new EmbeddedDriver());
-    Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:memory:sonar;create=true");
-    DdlUtils.createSchema(connection, "derby");
+  public void shouldCreateSchema() throws SQLException {
+    DriverManager.registerDriver(new Driver());
+    Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:mem:sonar_test");
+    DdlUtils.createSchema(connection, "h2");
+
+    int tables = countTables(connection);
+
+    connection.close();
+    assertThat(tables).isGreaterThan(30);
+  }
 
-    ResultSet resultSet = connection.getMetaData().getTables("", null, null, new String[]{"TABLE"});
+  private int countTables(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
+    int count = 0;
+    ResultSet resultSet = connection.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, null, new String[] {"TABLE"});
     while (resultSet.next()) {
-      tables++;
+      count++;
     }
     resultSet.close();
-    connection.commit();
-    connection.close();
-    assertThat(tables, greaterThan(30));
-
-    DerbyUtils.dropInMemoryDatabase();
+    return count;
   }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabaseTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabaseTest.java
index 048c5d3df49..24723714c4e 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabaseTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DefaultDatabaseTest.java
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 public class DefaultDatabaseTest {
 
-  static {
-    DerbyUtils.fixDerbyLogs();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void shouldLoadDefaultValues() {
     DefaultDatabase db = new DefaultDatabase(new Settings());
@@ -45,8 +41,8 @@ public class DefaultDatabaseTest {
     Properties props = db.getProperties();
     assertThat(props.getProperty("sonar.jdbc.username"), Is.is("sonar"));
     assertThat(props.getProperty("sonar.jdbc.password"), Is.is("sonar"));
-    assertThat(props.getProperty("sonar.jdbc.url"), Is.is("jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sonar"));
-    assertThat(props.getProperty("sonar.jdbc.driverClassName"), Is.is("org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver"));
+    assertThat(props.getProperty("sonar.jdbc.url"), Is.is("jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/sonar"));
+    assertThat(props.getProperty("sonar.jdbc.driverClassName"), Is.is("org.h2.Driver"));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -97,21 +93,17 @@ public class DefaultDatabaseTest {
   @Test
   public void shouldStart() {
     Settings settings = new Settings();
-    settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.url", "jdbc:derby:memory:sonar;create=true;user=sonar;password=sonar");
-    settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.driverClassName", "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver");
+    settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.url", "jdbc:h2:mem:sonar");
+    settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.driverClassName", "org.h2.Driver");
     settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.username", "sonar");
     settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.password", "sonar");
     settings.setProperty("sonar.jdbc.maxActive", "1");
 
-    try {
-      DefaultDatabase db = new DefaultDatabase(settings);
-      db.start();
+    DefaultDatabase db = new DefaultDatabase(settings);
+    db.start();
 
-      assertThat(db.getDialect().getId(), Is.is("derby"));
-      assertThat(((BasicDataSource) db.getDataSource()).getMaxActive(), Is.is(1));
-    } finally {
-      DerbyUtils.dropInMemoryDatabase();
-    }
+    assertThat(db.getDialect().getId(), Is.is("h2"));
+    assertThat(((BasicDataSource) db.getDataSource()).getMaxActive(), Is.is(1));
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DerbyUtils.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DerbyUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f801bf34587..00000000000
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/DerbyUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
- * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 SonarSource
- * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
- *
- * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
- */
-package org.sonar.core.persistence;
-
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.sql.DriverManager;
-
-public final class DerbyUtils {
-
-  private DerbyUtils() {
-  }
-
-  public static final OutputStream DEV_NULL = new OutputStream() {
-    @Override
-    public void write(int b) {
-    }
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * Disables Derby log.
-   * Note: in order to work properly this method should be called before Derby boot.
-   * See http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.7/ref/rrefproper33027.html
-   */
-  public static void fixDerbyLogs() {
-    System.setProperty("derby.stream.error.field", "org.sonar.core.persistence.DerbyUtils.DEV_NULL");
-  }
-
-  public static void dropInMemoryDatabase() {
-    try {
-      DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:memory:sonar;drop=true");
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      // silently ignore
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/InMemoryDatabase.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/H2Database.java
index ed6320c36fa..a6528c11172 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/InMemoryDatabase.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/H2Database.java
@@ -22,33 +22,29 @@ package org.sonar.core.persistence;
 import org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource;
 import org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
-import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Derby;
 import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Dialect;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.H2;
 import org.sonar.jpa.session.CustomHibernateConnectionProvider;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
-import java.sql.*;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
- * Derby in-memory database, used for unit tests only.
+ * H2 in-memory database, used for unit tests only.
  *
- * @since 2.12
+ * @since 3.2
  */
-public class InMemoryDatabase implements Database {
-
-  static {
-    DerbyUtils.fixDerbyLogs();
-  }
-
+public class H2Database implements Database {
   private static BasicDataSource datasource;
 
-  public InMemoryDatabase start() {
+  public H2Database start() {
     if (datasource == null) {
       startDatabase();
       createSchema();
     }
-    truncateTables();
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -58,10 +54,10 @@ public class InMemoryDatabase implements Database {
   void startDatabase() {
     try {
       Properties properties = new Properties();
-      properties.put("driverClassName", "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver");
+      properties.put("driverClassName", "org.h2.Driver");
       properties.put("username", "sonar");
       properties.put("password", "sonar");
-      properties.put("url", "jdbc:derby:memory:sonar2;create=true;user=sonar;password=sonar");
+      properties.put("url", "jdbc:h2:mem:sonar2");
 
       // limit to 2 because of Hibernate and MyBatis
       properties.put("maxActive", "2");
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ public class InMemoryDatabase implements Database {
       datasource = (BasicDataSource) BasicDataSourceFactory.createDataSource(properties);
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Fail to start Derby", e);
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Fail to start H2", e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -77,67 +73,26 @@ public class InMemoryDatabase implements Database {
     Connection connection = null;
     try {
       connection = datasource.getConnection();
-      DdlUtils.createSchema(connection, "derby");
-
+      DdlUtils.createSchema(connection, "h2");
     } catch (SQLException e) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Fail to create schema", e);
-
     } finally {
       closeQuietly(connection);
     }
   }
 
-  private void truncateTables() {
-    Connection connection = null;
-    try {
-      connection = datasource.getConnection();
-
-      DatabaseMetaData meta = connection.getMetaData();
-      Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
-
-      ResultSet res = meta.getTables(null, null, null, new String[]{"TABLE"});
-      while (res.next()) {
-        String tableName = res.getString("TABLE_NAME");
-        statement.executeUpdate("TRUNCATE TABLE " + tableName);
-      }
-      res.close();
-
-      // See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5403
-      res = meta.getColumns(null, null, null, "ID");
-      while (res.next()) {
-        String tableName = res.getString("TABLE_NAME");
-        statement.executeUpdate("ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " ALTER COLUMN ID RESTART WITH 1");
-      }
-      res.close();
-
-      statement.close();
-    } catch (SQLException e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Fail to truncate tables", e);
-
-    } finally {
-      closeQuietly(connection); // Important, otherwise tests can stuck
-    }
-  }
-
   public static void stopDatabase() {
     try {
       if (datasource != null) {
         datasource.close();
         datasource = null;
       }
-      DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:;shutdown=true");
-
     } catch (SQLException e) {
-      // See http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/dev/getstart/rwwdactivity3.html
-      // XJ015 indicates successful shutdown of Derby
-      // 08006 successful shutdown of a single database
-      if (!"XJ015".equals(e.getSQLState())) {
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Fail to stop Derby", e);
-      }
+      // Ignore error
     }
   }
 
-  public InMemoryDatabase stop() {
+  public H2Database stop() {
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -146,7 +101,7 @@ public class InMemoryDatabase implements Database {
   }
 
   public Dialect getDialect() {
-    return new Derby();
+    return new H2();
   }
 
   public String getSchema() {
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/InMemoryDatabaseTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/H2DatabaseTest.java
index 3e6bb1b6fa6..e815dd452e7 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/InMemoryDatabaseTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/H2DatabaseTest.java
@@ -31,16 +31,12 @@ import static org.hamcrest.number.OrderingComparisons.greaterThan;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
-public class InMemoryDatabaseTest {
-
-  static {
-    DerbyUtils.fixDerbyLogs();
-  }
+public class H2DatabaseTest {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldExecuteDdlAtStartup() throws SQLException {
     int tables = 0;
-    InMemoryDatabase db = new InMemoryDatabase();
+    H2Database db = new H2Database();
     try {
       db.start();
       assertNotNull(db.getDataSource());
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ public class InMemoryDatabaseTest {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldLimitThePoolSize() {
-    InMemoryDatabase db = new InMemoryDatabase();
+    H2Database db = new H2Database();
     try {
       db.startDatabase();
       assertThat(((BasicDataSource) db.getDataSource()).getMaxActive(), Is.is(2));
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/MyBatisTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/MyBatisTest.java
index 592bca54484..bff3c199a5e 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/MyBatisTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/MyBatisTest.java
@@ -32,16 +32,12 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 public class MyBatisTest {
 
-  static {
-    DerbyUtils.fixDerbyLogs();
-  }
-
   private static MyBatis myBatis;
-  private static InMemoryDatabase database;
+  private static H2Database database;
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void start() {
-    database = new InMemoryDatabase();
+    database = new H2Database();
     myBatis = new MyBatis(database.start());
     myBatis.start();
   }
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/DerbyTest.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/H2Test.java
index c101c978de1..a57517bba71 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/DerbyTest.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/core/persistence/dialect/H2Test.java
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
-public class DerbyTest {
+public class H2Test {
 
-  private Derby derby = new Derby();
+  private H2 h2 = new H2();
 
   @Test
   public void matchesJdbcURL() {
-    assertThat(derby.matchesJdbcURL("jdbc:derby:foo"), is(true));
-    assertThat(derby.matchesJdbcURL("jdbc:hsql:foo"), is(false));
+    assertThat(h2.matchesJdbcURL("jdbc:h2:foo"), is(true));
+    assertThat(h2.matchesJdbcURL("jdbc:hsql:foo"), is(false));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testBooleanSqlValues() {
-    assertThat(derby.getTrueSqlValue(), is("true"));
-    assertThat(derby.getFalseSqlValue(), is("false"));
+    assertThat(h2.getTrueSqlValue(), is("true"));
+    assertThat(h2.getFalseSqlValue(), is("false"));
   }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/jpa/test/AbstractDbUnitTestCase.java b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/jpa/test/AbstractDbUnitTestCase.java
index 3e27d0ccb38..732da687b79 100644
--- a/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/jpa/test/AbstractDbUnitTestCase.java
+++ b/sonar-core/src/test/java/org/sonar/jpa/test/AbstractDbUnitTestCase.java
@@ -24,32 +24,30 @@ import org.dbunit.Assertion;
 import org.dbunit.DataSourceDatabaseTester;
 import org.dbunit.DatabaseUnitException;
 import org.dbunit.IDatabaseTester;
+import org.dbunit.database.DatabaseConfig;
 import org.dbunit.database.IDatabaseConnection;
-import org.dbunit.dataset.Column;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.CompositeDataSet;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.ITable;
-import org.dbunit.dataset.ITableMetaData;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.ReplacementDataSet;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.filter.DefaultColumnFilter;
 import org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet;
+import org.dbunit.ext.h2.H2DataTypeFactory;
 import org.dbunit.operation.DatabaseOperation;
 import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.sonar.api.database.DatabaseSession;
 import org.sonar.core.persistence.Database;
 import org.sonar.core.persistence.DatabaseCommands;
-import org.sonar.core.persistence.InMemoryDatabase;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.H2Database;
 import org.sonar.jpa.session.DatabaseSessionFactory;
 import org.sonar.jpa.session.DefaultDatabaseConnector;
 import org.sonar.jpa.session.JpaDatabaseSession;
 import org.sonar.jpa.session.MemoryDatabaseConnector;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
@@ -68,13 +66,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void startDatabase() throws Exception {
-    database = new InMemoryDatabase();
-    database.start();
+    if (null == database) { // Create only once per vm
+      database = new H2Database();
+      database.start();
 
-    dbConnector = new MemoryDatabaseConnector(database);
-    dbConnector.start();
+      dbConnector = new MemoryDatabaseConnector(database);
+      dbConnector.start();
 
-    databaseCommands = DatabaseCommands.forDialect(database.getDialect());
+      databaseCommands = DatabaseCommands.forDialect(database.getDialect());
+    }
   }
 
   @Before
@@ -96,12 +96,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
     session.stop();
   }
 
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void stopDatabase() {
-    dbConnector.stop();
-    database.stop();
-  }
-
   public DatabaseSession getSession() {
     return session;
   }
@@ -152,32 +146,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
       databaseTester.setDataSet(compositeDataSet);
       connection = databaseTester.getConnection();
 
+      connection.getConfig().setProperty(DatabaseConfig.PROPERTY_DATATYPE_FACTORY, new H2DataTypeFactory());
       DatabaseOperation.CLEAN_INSERT.execute(connection, databaseTester.getDataSet());
-      resetDerbySequence(compositeDataSet);
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw translateException("Could not setup DBUnit data", e);
     }
   }
 
-  private void resetDerbySequence(CompositeDataSet compositeDataSet) throws DataSetException, SQLException {
-    for (ITable table : compositeDataSet.getTables()) {
-      ITableMetaData tableMetaData = table.getTableMetaData();
-      String tableName = tableMetaData.getTableName();
-      for (Column column : tableMetaData.getColumns()) {
-        if ("id".equalsIgnoreCase(column.getColumnName())) { // TODO hard-coded value
-          String maxSql = "SELECT MAX(id) FROM " + tableName;
-          ResultSet res = connection.getConnection().prepareStatement(maxSql).executeQuery();
-          res.next();
-          int max = res.getInt(1);
-          res.close();
-          String alterSql = "ALTER TABLE " + tableName + " ALTER COLUMN id RESTART WITH " + (max + 1);
-          connection.getConnection().prepareStatement(alterSql).execute();
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   protected final void checkTables(String testName, String... tables) {
     checkTables(testName, new String[0], tables);
   }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/database/DatabaseProperties.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/database/DatabaseProperties.java
index f84f9691950..1c9df357485 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/database/DatabaseProperties.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/database/DatabaseProperties.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ public interface DatabaseProperties {
   int MAX_TEXT_SIZE = 16777215;
 
   String PROP_URL = "sonar.jdbc.url";
-  String PROP_URL_DEFAULT_VALUE = "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sonar";
+  String PROP_URL_DEFAULT_VALUE = "jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/sonar";
   String PROP_DRIVER = "sonar.jdbc.driverClassName";
-  String PROP_DRIVER_DEFAULT_VALUE = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver";
+  String PROP_DRIVER_DEFAULT_VALUE = "org.h2.Driver";
   String PROP_DRIVER_DEPRECATED = "sonar.jdbc.driver";
   String PROP_USER = "sonar.jdbc.username";
   String PROP_USER_DEPRECATED = "sonar.jdbc.user";
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ public interface DatabaseProperties {
   String PROP_HIBERNATE_GENERATE_STATISTICS = "sonar.jdbc.hibernate.generate_statistics";
   String PROP_DIALECT = "sonar.jdbc.dialect";
   String PROP_HIBERNATE_DEFAULT_SCHEMA = "sonar.hibernate.default_schema";
-
   String PROP_EMBEDDED_DATA_DIR = "sonar.embeddedDatabase.dataDir";
+
+  /**
+   * @since 3.2
+   */
+  String PROP_EMBEDDED_PORT = "sonar.embeddedDatabase.port";
+
+  /**
+   * @since 3.2
+   */
+  String PROP_EMBEDDED_PORT_DEFAULT_VALUE = "9092";
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sonar-server/derby-start.bat b/sonar-server/h2-start.bat
index 0961d6bc42b..51138689916 100644
--- a/sonar-server/derby-start.bat
+++ b/sonar-server/h2-start.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 set MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m'
-mvn clean jetty:run -Pstart-dev-server,derby
+mvn clean jetty:run -Pstart-dev-server,h2
diff --git a/sonar-server/derby-start.sh b/sonar-server/h2-start.sh
index 15903cacab7..f5bc557f462 100755
--- a/sonar-server/derby-start.sh
+++ b/sonar-server/h2-start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 export MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m'
-mvn clean jetty:run -Pstart-dev-server,derby
+mvn clean jetty:run -Pstart-dev-server,h2
diff --git a/sonar-server/pom.xml b/sonar-server/pom.xml
index b690863fd84..a569ec71996 100644
--- a/sonar-server/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-server/pom.xml
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
       <artifactId>sonar-update-center-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
       <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
@@ -76,12 +71,8 @@
       <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
@@ -613,9 +604,9 @@
     </profile>
 
     <profile>
-      <id>derby</id>
+      <id>h2</id>
       <properties>
-        <jdbcDialect>derby</jdbcDialect>
+        <jdbcDialect>h2</jdbcDialect>
       </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -632,7 +623,7 @@
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
                   <resources>
                     <resource>
-                      <directory>${basedir}/src/dev/derby</directory>
+                      <directory>${basedir}/src/dev/h2</directory>
                       <filtering>false</filtering>
                     </resource>
                   </resources>
@@ -653,10 +644,9 @@
                 <configuration>
                   <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
                   <overWriteReleases>true</overWriteReleases>
-                  <includeGroupIds>org.apache.derby</includeGroupIds>
-                  <includeArtifactIds>derbyclient</includeArtifactIds>
-                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/sonar-dev-home/extensions/jdbc-driver/derby/
-                  </outputDirectory>
+                  <includeGroupIds>com.h2database</includeGroupIds>
+                  <includeArtifactIds>h2</includeArtifactIds>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/sonar-dev-home/extensions/jdbc-driver/h2/</outputDirectory>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
@@ -665,8 +655,8 @@
       </build>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-          <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+          <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/dev/derby/conf/logback.xml b/sonar-server/src/dev/h2/conf/logback.xml
index e17be7b8999..e17be7b8999 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/dev/derby/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/sonar-server/src/dev/h2/conf/logback.xml
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/dev/derby/conf/sonar.properties b/sonar-server/src/dev/h2/conf/sonar.properties
index 978f79ef7eb..a84bcbe53a5 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/dev/derby/conf/sonar.properties
+++ b/sonar-server/src/dev/h2/conf/sonar.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Derby
-sonar.jdbc.url:                            jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sonar;create=true
-sonar.jdbc.driverClassName:                org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
+# H2
+sonar.jdbc.url:                            jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost:9092/sonar
+sonar.jdbc.driverClassName:                org.h2.Driver
 sonar.jdbc.defaultTransactionIsolation:    1
 sonar.jdbc.username:                       sonar
 sonar.jdbc.password:                       sonar
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ sonar.jdbc.timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis:  30000
 
 sonar.runtime.mode:                        development
 
-sonar.derby.drda.portNumber:               1527
-sonar.derby.drda.host:                     localhost
\ No newline at end of file
+sonar.embeddedDatabase.port:               9092
+
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabase.java b/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabase.java
index 1c41d228f56..e678f5551ba 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabase.java
+++ b/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabase.java
@@ -19,171 +19,86 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.server.database;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.derby.drda.NetworkServerControl;
+import org.h2.tools.Server;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.sonar.api.CoreProperties;
 import org.sonar.api.config.Settings;
 import org.sonar.api.database.DatabaseProperties;
-import org.sonar.api.utils.Logs;
 import org.sonar.api.utils.SonarException;
 import org.sonar.server.platform.ServerStartException;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.util.Properties;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 public class EmbeddedDatabase {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EmbeddedDatabase.class);
 
-  private static final String DEFAULT_USER = "sonar";
-  private static final String DEFAULT_PWD = "sonar";
-
-  private NetworkServerControl serverControl = null;
-
-  private File dbHome;
-  private Properties dbProps;
-  private PrintWriter dbLog;
+  private final Settings settings;
+  private Server server;
 
   public EmbeddedDatabase(Settings settings) {
-    this.dbHome = getDataDirectory(settings);
-    this.dbProps = getDefaultProperties(settings);
-  }
-
-  public EmbeddedDatabase(File dbHome, Properties dbProps) {
-    this.dbHome = dbHome;
-    this.dbProps = dbProps;
-  }
-
-  public File getDataDir() {
-    return dbHome;
-  }
-
-  protected File getDataDirectory(Settings settings) {
-    String dirName = settings.getString(DatabaseProperties.PROP_EMBEDDED_DATA_DIR);
-    if (StringUtils.isBlank(dirName)) {
-      File sonarHome = new File(settings.getString(CoreProperties.SONAR_HOME));
-      if (!sonarHome.isDirectory() || !sonarHome.exists()) {
-        throw new ServerStartException("Sonar home directory does not exist");
-      }
-      return new File(sonarHome, "data");
-    }
-    return new File(dirName);
-  }
-
-  public void setDbLog(PrintWriter dbLog) {
-    this.dbLog = dbLog;
+    this.settings = settings;
   }
 
   public void start() {
+    File dbHome = getDataDirectory(settings);
     if (dbHome.exists() && !dbHome.isDirectory()) {
       throw new SonarException("Database home " + dbHome.getPath() + " is not a directory");
     }
     if (!dbHome.exists()) {
       dbHome.mkdirs();
     }
-    System.setProperty("derby.system.home", dbHome.getPath());
 
-    saveDerbyPropertiesFile();
-    startListening();
-    Logs.INFO.info("Embedded database started. Data stored in: " + dbHome.getAbsolutePath());
-  }
+    String port = getSetting(DatabaseProperties.PROP_EMBEDDED_PORT, DatabaseProperties.PROP_EMBEDDED_PORT_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+    String user = getSetting(DatabaseProperties.PROP_USER, DatabaseProperties.PROP_USER_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+    String password = getSetting(DatabaseProperties.PROP_PASSWORD, DatabaseProperties.PROP_PASSWORD_DEFAULT_VALUE);
 
-  private void startListening() {
     try {
-      int port = Integer.parseInt(dbProps.getProperty("derby.drda.portNumber"));
-      String host = dbProps.getProperty("derby.drda.host");
-      serverControl = new NetworkServerControl(InetAddress.getByName(host), port, DEFAULT_USER, DEFAULT_PWD);
-      Logs.INFO.info("Starting embedded database on port " + port);
-      serverControl.start(dbLog);
-      ensureServerIsUp();
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new SonarException(e);
-    }
-  }
+      createDatabase(dbHome, user, password);
 
-  private void saveDerbyPropertiesFile() {
-    FileOutputStream output = null;
-    try {
-      File derbyProps = new File(dbHome.getPath() + "/derby.properties");
-      output = new FileOutputStream(derbyProps);
-      dbProps.store(output, "GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT ME UNLESS YOU WANT TO LOOSE YOUR TIME ;O)");
+      Server server = Server.createTcpServer("-tcpPort", port, "-tcpAllowOthers", "-ifExists", "-baseDir", dbHome.getAbsolutePath());
 
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new SonarException(e);
+      LOG.info("Starting embedded database on port " + server.getPort());
+      server.start();
 
-    } finally {
-      IOUtils.closeQuietly(output);
+      LOG.info("Embedded database started. Data stored in: " + dbHome.getAbsolutePath());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new SonarException("Unable to start database", e);
     }
   }
 
   public void stop() {
-    if (serverControl != null) {
-      try {
-        serverControl.shutdown();
-        ensureServerIsDown();
-        serverControl = null;
-        Logs.INFO.info("Embedded database stopped");
-
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        throw new SonarException(e);
-      }
+    if (server != null) {
+      server.stop();
+      server = null;
+      LOG.info("Embedded database stopped");
     }
   }
 
-  private void ensureServerIsUp() {
-    for (int retry = 0; retry < 100; retry++) {
-      try {
-        serverControl.ping();
-        return;
-
-      } catch (Exception ex) {
-        sleep(300);
-      }
-    }
-    throw new SonarException("Embedded database does not respond to ping requests");
+  private String getSetting(String name, String defaultValue) {
+    return StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString(name), defaultValue);
   }
 
-  private void ensureServerIsDown() {
-    for (int retry = 0; retry < 100; retry++) {
-      try {
-        serverControl.ping();
-        sleep(300);
-
-      } catch (SonarException se) {
-        throw se;
+  private void createDatabase(File dbHome, String user, String password) throws SQLException {
+    String url = String.format("jdbc:h2:%s/sonar;USER=%s;PASSWORD=%s", dbHome.getAbsolutePath(), user, password);
 
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        // normal case: the database does not respond to ping
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-    throw new SonarException("Fail to stop embedded database");
+    DriverManager.getConnection(url).close();
   }
 
+  private static File getDataDirectory(Settings settings) {
+    String dirName = settings.getString(DatabaseProperties.PROP_EMBEDDED_DATA_DIR);
+    if (!StringUtils.isBlank(dirName)) {
+      return new File(dirName);
+    }
 
-  private void sleep(long time) {
-    try {
-      Thread.sleep(time);
-    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-      throw new SonarException("Fail to ping embedded database", e);
+    File sonarHome = new File(settings.getString(CoreProperties.SONAR_HOME));
+    if (sonarHome.isDirectory() && sonarHome.exists()) {
+      return new File(sonarHome, "data");
     }
-  }
 
-  public static Properties getDefaultProperties(Settings settings) {
-    Properties props = new Properties();
-    props.setProperty("derby.drda.startNetworkServer", "true");
-    props.setProperty("derby.drda.host", StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString("sonar.derby.drda.host"), "localhost"));
-    props.setProperty("derby.drda.portNumber", StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString("sonar.derby.drda.portNumber"), "1527"));
-    props.setProperty("derby.drda.maxThreads", StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString("sonar.derby.drda.maxThreads"), "20"));
-    props.setProperty("derby.drda.minThreads", StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString("sonar.derby.drda.minThreads"), "2"));
-    props.setProperty("derby.drda.logConnections", StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString("sonar.derby.drda.logConnections"), "false"));
-    props.setProperty("derby.stream.error.logSeverityLevel", StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(settings.getString("sonar.derby.stream.error.logSeverityLevel"), "20000"));
-    props.setProperty("derby.connection.requireAuthentication", "true");
-    props.setProperty("derby.user." + DEFAULT_USER, DEFAULT_PWD);
-    return props;
+    throw new ServerStartException("Sonar home directory does not exist");
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java b/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java
index b0f442c390c..c887d1aaf29 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java
+++ b/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java
@@ -21,20 +21,25 @@ package org.sonar.server.database;
 
 import org.sonar.api.config.Settings;
 import org.sonar.api.database.DatabaseProperties;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.H2;
 
 public class EmbeddedDatabaseFactory {
-  private Settings settings;
+  private final Settings settings;
+  private final H2 dialect;
   private EmbeddedDatabase embeddedDatabase;
 
   public EmbeddedDatabaseFactory(Settings settings) {
     this.settings = settings;
+    dialect = new H2();
   }
 
   public void start() {
-    String jdbcUrl = settings.getString(DatabaseProperties.PROP_URL);
-    if (jdbcUrl != null && jdbcUrl.startsWith("jdbc:derby://") && jdbcUrl.contains("create=true") && embeddedDatabase == null) {
-      embeddedDatabase = new EmbeddedDatabase(settings);
-      embeddedDatabase.start();
+    if (embeddedDatabase == null) {
+      String jdbcUrl = settings.getString(DatabaseProperties.PROP_URL);
+      if (dialect.matchesJdbcURL(jdbcUrl)) {
+        embeddedDatabase = new EmbeddedDatabase(settings);
+        embeddedDatabase.start();
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServlet.java b/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServlet.java
index 812ff0f3502..c3c4d65d06b 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServlet.java
+++ b/sonar-server/src/main/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServlet.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class BatchResourcesServlet extends HttpServlet {
     return libs;
   }
 
-  private static final String[] IGNORE = { "derby", "jtds", "mysql", "postgresql", "jruby", "jfreechart", "eastwood", "jetty" };
+  private static final String[] IGNORE = {"h2", "jtds", "mysql", "postgresql", "jruby", "jfreechart", "eastwood", "jetty"};
 
   /**
    * Dirty hack to disable downloading for certain files.
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseTest.java b/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseTest.java
index 4f1eccc77b1..301bfab68cd 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseTest.java
+++ b/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/database/EmbeddedDatabaseTest.java
@@ -19,120 +19,45 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.server.database;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
-import org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.sonar.api.config.Settings;
-import org.sonar.core.persistence.InMemoryDatabase;
+import org.sonar.api.database.DatabaseProperties;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
-import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static junit.framework.Assert.fail;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class EmbeddedDatabaseTest {
+  @Test(timeout = 5000)
+  public void should_start_and_stop() throws IOException {
+    int port = freeServerPort();
 
-  private final static String TEST_ROOT_DIR = "./target/";
-  private final static String TEST_DB_DIR_PREFIX = "testDB";
-
-  private EmbeddedDatabase database;
-  private String driverUrl;
-  private Properties defaultProps;
-  private static String testPort;
-
-  @Before
-  public void setUp() throws Exception {
-    // This test doesn't work if InMemoryDatabase is active
-    try {
-      InMemoryDatabase.stopDatabase();
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-    }
-
-    windowsCleanup();
-    if (testPort == null) {
-      testPort = Integer.toString(findFreeServerPort());
-    }
-    defaultProps = EmbeddedDatabase.getDefaultProperties(new Settings());
-    defaultProps.put("derby.drda.portNumber", testPort); // changing the default port
-    driverUrl = "jdbc:derby://localhost:" + testPort + "/sonar;create=true;user=sonar;password=sonar";
-  }
-
-  private void windowsCleanup() {
-    String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
-    if (os.toLowerCase().contains("windows")) {
-      File testRoot = new File(TEST_ROOT_DIR);
-      File[] files = testRoot.listFiles();
-      for (File file : files) {
-        if (file.isDirectory() &&
-          file.getName().startsWith(TEST_DB_DIR_PREFIX)) {
-          try {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(file);
-          } catch (IOException e) {
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private int findFreeServerPort() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    ServerSocket srv = new ServerSocket(0);
-    int port = srv.getLocalPort();
-    srv.close();
-    Thread.sleep(1500);
-    return port;
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void shouldStartAndStop() throws Exception {
-    database = new EmbeddedDatabase(new File(TEST_ROOT_DIR + TEST_DB_DIR_PREFIX + testPort), defaultProps);
+    EmbeddedDatabase database = new EmbeddedDatabase(settings(port));
     database.start();
-    ClientDriver.class.newInstance();
-    Connection conn;
+
     try {
-      conn = DriverManager.getConnection(driverUrl);
-      conn.close();
+      String driverUrl = String.format("jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost:%d/sonar;USER=login;PASSWORD=pwd", port);
+      DriverManager.getConnection(driverUrl).close();
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       fail("Unable to connect after start");
     }
-    try {
-      conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby://localhost:" + testPort + "/sonar;user=foo;password=bar");
-      conn.close();
-      fail("Able to connect with wrong username and password");
-    } catch (Exception ex) {
-    }
-
-    File testDb = new File(database.getDataDir(), "sonar");
-    assertTrue(testDb.exists());
-    assertTrue(testDb.isDirectory());
 
     database.stop();
-
-    try {
-      conn = DriverManager.getConnection(driverUrl);
-      conn.close();
-      fail("Able to connect after stop");
-    } catch (Exception ex) {
-    }
   }
 
-  @After
-  public void tearDown() throws IOException {
-    if (database.getDataDir().exists()) {
-      if (!SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS) {
-        // avoid an issue with file lock issue under windows..
-        // thank you mr microsoft
-        // solution : no really good solution found.., the db home is not deleted under windows on teardown but only during test startup
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(database.getDataDir());
-      }
-    }
+  static Settings settings(int port) {
+    return new Settings()
+        .setProperty(DatabaseProperties.PROP_USER, "login")
+        .setProperty(DatabaseProperties.PROP_PASSWORD, "pwd")
+        .setProperty(DatabaseProperties.PROP_EMBEDDED_PORT, "" + port)
+        .setProperty(DatabaseProperties.PROP_EMBEDDED_DATA_DIR, "./target/testDB");
   }
 
+  static int freeServerPort() throws IOException {
+    ServerSocket srv = new ServerSocket(0);
+    srv.close();
+    return srv.getLocalPort();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/filters/FilterExecutorTest.java b/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/filters/FilterExecutorTest.java
index 22c8d9ade94..8ed6c98b2bc 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/filters/FilterExecutorTest.java
+++ b/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/filters/FilterExecutorTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.sonar.api.resources.Qualifiers;
 import org.sonar.api.resources.Resource;
-import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.Derby;
+import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.H2;
 import org.sonar.core.persistence.dialect.MsSql;
 import org.sonar.jpa.test.AbstractDbUnitTestCase;
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void mustDefineAtLeastOneQualifier() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(new Filter());
     assertThat(result.size()).isEqualTo(0);// no qualifiers
   }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterOnScopes() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setScopes(Sets.newHashSet(Resource.SCOPE_SPACE)));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 4);
   }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterOnQualifiers() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(new Filter().setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Resource.QUALIFIER_PROJECT, Resource.QUALIFIER_MODULE)));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 2, 3);
   }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterOnLanguages() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setLanguages(Sets.newHashSet("java")));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 2, 4);
   }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterOnDate() throws ParseException {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm").parse("2008-12-26 00:00");
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setDateCriterion(new DateCriterion(">", date)));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 3);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterOnDateIncludesTime() throws ParseException {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm").parse("2008-12-25 03:00");
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setDateCriterion(new DateCriterion("<", date)));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 2, 4);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterOnBaseSnapshot() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setPath(2, 2, ""));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 4);
   }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByName() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setSortedByName());
     assertSortedSnapshotIds(result, 2, 4, 3);
   }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByKey() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setSortedByKey());
     assertSortedSnapshotIds(result, 3, 2, 4);
   }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByDate() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setSortedByDate());
     assertSortedSnapshotIds(result, 2, 4, 3);
   }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByDescendingDate() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setSortedByDate().setAscendingSort(false));
     assertSortedSnapshotIds(result, 3, 4, 2);
   }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByAscendingDate() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setSortedByDate().setAscendingSort(true));
     assertSortedSnapshotIds(result, 2, 4, 3);
   }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByAscendingMeasureValue() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .setSortedMetricId(2, true, false);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByDecendingMeasureValue() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .setSortedMetricId(2, true, false)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void applySingleMeasureCriterion() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(2, ">", 50.0, false));
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void applyManyMeasureCriteria() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(2, ">", 50.0, false))
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void criteriaAreExclusive() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(2, ">", 50.0, false))
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortAndFilterMeasures() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(2, ">", 5.0, false))
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortDescendingAndFilterMeasures() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(2, ">", 5.0, false)) // filter on coverage
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterByResourceKey() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setKeyRegexp("*:org.sonar.*"));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 4);
   }
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterByResourceKeyIsCaseInsensitive() {
     setupData("shared");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     FilterResult result = executor.execute(Filter.createForAllQualifiers().setKeyRegexp("*:ORG.SonAR.*"));
     assertSnapshotIds(result, 4);
   }
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterByMissingMeasureValue() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(3, ">", 0.0, false)); // filter on duplicated lines
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterByMissingMeasureValues() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(1, ">", 0.0, false)) // filter on lines
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void sortByMissingMeasureValue() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .setSortedMetricId(3, true, false); // sort by duplicated lines
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void filterByMeasureValueAndSortOnOtherMetric() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(1, ">", 0.0, false)) // lines > 0
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void intersectionOfCriteriaOnSameMetric() {
     setupData("shared", "measures");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.CLASS))
         .addMeasureCriterion(new MeasureCriterion(1, ">", 400.0, false)) // lines > 400
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void ignoreProjectCopiesOfViews() {
     setupData("views");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.PROJECT));
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
   @Test
   public void loadProjectCopiesIfPathIsAView() {
     setupData("views");
-    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby());
+    FilterExecutor executor = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2());
     Filter filter = new Filter()
         .setPath(2, 2, "")
         .setQualifiers(Sets.newHashSet(Qualifiers.SUBVIEW, Qualifiers.PROJECT));
@@ -335,11 +335,10 @@ public class FilterExecutorTest extends AbstractDbUnitTestCase {
     String sql = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new MsSql()).toSql(filter);
     assertThat(sql).contains(" WITH (INDEX(measures_sid_metric)) ");
 
-    sql = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new Derby()).toSql(filter);
+    sql = new FilterExecutor(getSession(), new H2()).toSql(filter);
     assertThat(sql).doesNotContain(" WITH (INDEX(measures_sid_metric)) ");
   }
 
-
   private void assertSnapshotIds(FilterResult result, int... snapshotIds) {
     assertThat(result.size()).isEqualTo(snapshotIds.length);
     for (int snapshotId : snapshotIds) {
diff --git a/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServletTest.java b/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServletTest.java
index e5cb732418a..ea633db07f8 100644
--- a/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServletTest.java
+++ b/sonar-server/src/test/java/org/sonar/server/plugins/BatchResourcesServletTest.java
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ public class BatchResourcesServletTest {
   @Test
   public void shouldIgnore() {
     assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("sonar-batch-2.6-SNAPSHOT.jar"), is(false));
-    assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("derby-10.6.1.0.jar"), is(true));
-    assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("derbyclient-10.6.1.0.jar"), is(true));
-    assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("derbynet-10.6.1.0.jar"), is(true));
+    assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("h2-1.3.166.jar"), is(true));
     assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("mysql-connector-java-5.1.13.jar"), is(true));
     assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("postgresql-9.0-801.jdbc3.jar"), is(true));
     assertThat(BatchResourcesServlet.isIgnored("jtds-1.2.4.jar"), is(true));
diff --git a/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml b/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml
index a66de638c53..ef72ba2be81 100644
--- a/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-testing-harness/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.dbunit</groupId>
diff --git a/sonar-web-test/pom.xml b/sonar-web-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a08592db00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-web-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
+    <artifactId>sonar</artifactId>
+    <version>3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>sonar-web-test</artifactId>
+  <name>Sonar :: Web Test</name>
+  <description>Test of the web site</description>
+</project>