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DBMS > Drizzle vs. Ehcache vs. MaxDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Ehcache vs. MaxDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997SAP, Sybase
Initial release2008200919841987
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.10.0, March 20227.9.10.12, February 202416.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Java.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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