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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. TinkerGraph

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#210  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score5.55
Rank#69  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.63
Rank#242  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#347  Overall
#33  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroictinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotify
Initial release2016200920142009
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnono

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