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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. Ehcache vs. GigaSpaces

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. Ehcache vs. GigaSpaces

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.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
Native XML DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbasex.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.gigaspaces.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.basex.orgwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBaseX GmbHTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGigaspaces Technologies
Initial release2014200720092000
Current release11.0, June 20243.10.0, March 202215.5, September 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJava, C++, .Net
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyesyes
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.nonono 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.nonoSQL-99 for query and DML statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JCacheGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Java.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, event driven architecture
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes 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 systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANY
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writeryes 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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnoRole-based access control

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