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System Properties Comparison CouchDB vs. Ehcache vs. Kdb vs. NSDb vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.64
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score4.52
Rank#65  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score7.06
Rank#48  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#386  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#108  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitecouchdb.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgkx.comnsdb.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stablewww.ehcache.org/­documentationcode.kx.comnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcRocket Software
Initial release200520092000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320171985
Current release3.3.3, December 20233.10.0, March 20223.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageErlangJavaqJava, ScalaC
Server operating systemsAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringoptional
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'all fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJCacheHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
JavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
Scala
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infowith viewsyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0Sharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single document possibleyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenonoACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenorights management via user accountsAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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CouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"EhcacheKdbNSDbUniData,UniVerse
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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