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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Ingres vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Ehcache vs. Ingres vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. TiDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWell established RDBMSLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.66
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlpingcap.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGActian CorporationSybase, SAPPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release201620091974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s19932016
Current release3.10.0, March 202211.2, May 20228.0.0, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaCGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JCache.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaDelphi
Perl
PHP
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoby using Terracotta ServerIngres ReplicatorMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
Using Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes 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.yesnono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBEhcacheIngresSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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