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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. DataFS vs. Ehcache vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. DataFS vs. Ehcache vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL Server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlnewdatabase.comwww.ehcache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analytics
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analytics
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaMobiland AGTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMicrosoft
Initial release2014201820092016
Current release1.1.263, October 20223.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedWindowsAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
JavaC#
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoTransact SQL
Triggersyesyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding, horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardWindows-Profilenoyes
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AlaSQLAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLDataFSEhcacheMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse
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