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DBMS > Ehcache vs. EXASOL vs. Fauna vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. EXASOL vs. Fauna vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Milvus

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Fauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.exasol.comfauna.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irismilvus.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.fauna.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGExasolFauna, Inc.InterSystems
Initial release20092000201420182019
Current release3.10.0, March 20222023.3, June 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesVector, Numeric and String
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCache.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Lua
Python
R
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardIdentity management, authentication, and access controlyesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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EhcacheEXASOLFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBInterSystems IRISMilvus
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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