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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GBase vs. HBase vs. VoltDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.44
Rank#158  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.gbase.cnhbase.apache.orgwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetVoltDB Inc.
Initial release2009200420082010
Current release3.10.0, March 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.3.4, January 202111.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, Java, PythonJavaJava, C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsnoyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJava
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServeryesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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