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DBMS > Ehcache vs. EsgynDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Hazelcast vs. Riak KV

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. EsgynDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Hazelcast vs. Riak KV

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A widely adopted in-memory data gridDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Key-value storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.esgyn.cncloud.google.com/­bigtablehazelcast.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docshazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEsgynGoogleHazelcastOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20092015201520082009
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 20233.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaJavaErlang
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxhostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesno
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.nononoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesErlang
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyes infoEventsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication between multi datacentersInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infoReplicated Mapselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDAtomic single-row operationsone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlyes, using Riak Security

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