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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. HBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Newts

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA multi-model DBMS and application serverTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeWide column storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasehbase.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasehbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.intersystems.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetInterSystemsOpenNMS Group
Initial release20092012200819972014
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.3.4, January 20212018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibledepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Java
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yes infoCoprocessors in Javayesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno

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