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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Milvus vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. Milvus vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. VelocityDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orgmilvus.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherevelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersSAP infoformerly SybaseVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20092014201919922011
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 20242.3.4, January 202417, July 20157.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++, GoC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersnonoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
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 layerBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
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 layeryesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication
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EhcacheGeoMesaMilvusSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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