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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. VelocityDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score78.40
Rank#15  Overall
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#347  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersMicrosoftSybase, SAPVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20092014201019932011
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 2024V127.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Windows
Any that supports .NET
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.Net
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoTransact SQLyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersnoyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layernoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layeryes, with always 3 replicas availableMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
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 layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDACIDACID
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 layerno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication

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