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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Ehcache vs. FatDB vs. Informix

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDB
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­informix
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.org/­documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFatCloudIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.
Initial release2014200920121984
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.10.0, March 202214.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC#C, C++ and Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMWindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCache.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaC#.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes infovia applicationsyes
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infovia applicationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynono infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controls

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