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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Heroic

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.19
Rank#183  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score5.55
Rank#69  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#218  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#242  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersSpotify
Initial release2018200920142014
Current release1.1.0, April 20233.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layeryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Tunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesyesdepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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