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DBMS > Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. GBase vs. OrigoDB vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. GBase vs. OrigoDB vs. Postgres-XL

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.An analytical database for business intelligence with large customers in China.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#188  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#86  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#190  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.gbase.cnorigodb.comwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdborigodb.com/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFoundationDBRobert Friberg et al
Initial release200920132009 infounder the name LiveDB2014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release3.10.0, March 20226.2.28, November 2020GBase 8a10 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.nono infocan be achieved using .NETyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlynoyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJCache.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoin SQL-layer onlyyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServeryesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Linearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlydepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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