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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. Ehcache vs. LokiJS vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. Ehcache vs. LokiJS vs. Sequoiadb

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Key-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbarcadedb.comwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.arcadedb.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperAmazonArcade DataTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20072021200920142013
Current releaseSeptember 20213.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JCacheJavaScript APIproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaJavaJavaScript.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptJavaScript
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)nonosimple password-based access control

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