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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Ehcache vs. GigaSpaces

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented Transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.ehcache.orgwww.gigaspaces.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGigaspaces Technologies
Initial release201420092000
Current release3.10.0, March 202215.5, September 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyesnono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadata
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoSQL-99 for query and DML statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JCacheGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Python
Java.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, event driven architecture
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executors
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes 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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole-based access control
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