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DBMS > Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. Lovefield vs. MaxDB vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. FoundationDB vs. Lovefield vs. MaxDB vs. RDF4J

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF store
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
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmaxdb.sap.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFoundationDBGoogleSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20092013201419842004
Current release3.10.0, March 20226.2.28, November 20202.1.12, February 20177.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoin SQL-layer onlynoyesyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersnoUsing read-only observersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServeryesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Linearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
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 infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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