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System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Cachelot.io vs. Ehcache vs. Kdb vs. OrientDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIn-memory caching systemA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHigh performance Time Series DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitebigobject.iocachelot.iowww.ehcache.orgkx.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.ehcache.org/­documentationcode.kx.comwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Terracotta Inc, owned by Software AGKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2015201520092000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032010
Current release3.10.0, March 20223.6, May 20183.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaqJava
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Memcached protocolJCacheHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanonouser defined functionsJava, Javascript
Triggersnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infowith viewsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonoyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes 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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononorights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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