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DBMS > Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. Ingres vs. MaxDB vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. Ingres vs. MaxDB vs. RDFox

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.Well established RDBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresmaxdb.sap.comwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.actian.com/­ingresmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFoundationDBActian CorporationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release200920131974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s19842017
Current release3.10.0, March 20226.2.28, November 202011.2, May 20227.9.10.12, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
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.nono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCache.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoin SQL-layer onlyyesyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServeryesIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replicationreplication via a shared file system
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlyyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access types

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