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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Heroic vs. Immudb vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Heroic vs. Immudb vs. PostGIS

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Spatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
postgis.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.immudb.iopostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersSpotifyCodenotary
Initial release20092014201420202005
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 20241.2.3, April 20223.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaGoC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like syntaxyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononouser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layeryesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 layernonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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