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

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

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  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 ElasticSearchA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersSpotifyRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2009201420142009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaC#C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layeryesSource-replica replicationyes 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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on modelyes
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 approachyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layernoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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