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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Fauna vs. H2GIS

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFauna 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.Spatial extension of H2
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.81
Rank#62  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score1.88
Rank#161  Overall
#26  Document stores
#13  Graph DBMS
#78  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#344  Overall
#5  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgfauna.comwww.h2gis.org
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.fauna.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­home
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFauna, Inc.CNRS
Initial release200920142013
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infobased on H2
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationyes infobased on H2
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlyes infobased on H2

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