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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Faircom DB vs. FileMaker vs. GBase vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Faircom DB vs. FileMaker vs. GBase vs. Valentina Server

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Object-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.gbase.cnwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFairCom CorporationClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Paradigma Software
Initial release20091979198320041999
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V12, November 202019.4.1, November 2021GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c5.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaANSI C, C++C, Java, Python
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsyes infovia pluginsStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
PHPC#.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Source-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcetunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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