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

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

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA .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 DBMSDocument storeGraph 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
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSvelocitydb.comvitess.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSvelocitydb.com/­UserGuidevitess.io/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersVelocityDB IncThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20092014201420112013
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.0.0, May 20247.x15.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaScriptC#Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Any that supports .NETDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJavaScript API.NetADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScript.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 proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layernoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layernoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layernoneImmediate 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 resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
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 storagenoBased on Windows AuthenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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