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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Ehcache vs. Hive vs. NCache vs. PostGIS

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
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
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orghive.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepostgis.net
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookAlachisoft
Initial release20142009201220052005
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.10.0, March 20223.1.3, April 20225.3.3, April 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaC++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency levelyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PhoenixEhcacheHiveNCachePostGIS
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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