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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Ignite vs. VelocityDB vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Ignite vs. VelocityDB vs. Vitess

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  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.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)Scalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orgignite.apache.orgvelocitydb.comvitess.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuidevitess.io/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersApache Software FoundationVelocityDB IncThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20092014201520112013
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.0.0, May 2024Apache Ignite 2.67.x15.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++, Java, .NetC#Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NETDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NetADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)Callbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layeryes (replicated cache)Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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 layeryesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsBased on Windows AuthenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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