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DBMS > Ehcache vs. EJDB vs. GBase vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. EJDB vs. GBase vs. LokiJS

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSoftmotionsGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release2009201220042014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC, Java, PythonJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-lessLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoStandard with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJCachein-process shared libraryADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C#JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Servernoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesno

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