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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Ehcache vs. Kinetica vs. Memcached

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for caching
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.kinetica.comwww.memcached.org
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.kinetica.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wiki
DeveloperMobiland AGTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGKineticaDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release2018200920122003
Current release1.1.263, October 20223.10.0, March 20227.1, August 20211.6.27, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++C
Server operating systemsWindowsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JCacheJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
JavaC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfilenoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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