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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. H2GIS vs. MonetDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. H2GIS vs. MonetDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsSpatial extension of H2A relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCNRSMonetDB BV
Initial release2014200920132004
Current release3.10.0, March 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJavaC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infobased on H2yes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infobased on H2none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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