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DBMS > Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. GeoMesa vs. VelocityDB vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. GeoMesa vs. VelocityDB vs. Vitess

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)Scalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.geomesa.orgvelocitydb.comvitess.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuidevitess.io/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFoundationDBCCRi and othersVelocityDB IncThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20092013201420112013
Current release3.10.0, March 20226.2.28, November 20205.0.0, May 20247.x15.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++ScalaC#Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Any that supports .NETDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlynonoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJCache.NetADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoin SQL-layer onlynonoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Linearizable consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlynonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnoACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageBased on Windows AuthenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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