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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hazelcast vs. HEAVY.AI

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hazelcast vs. HEAVY.AI

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridA high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardware
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score1.64
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggeospock.comwww.gigaspaces.comhazelcast.comgithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.heavy.ai
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpockGigaspaces TechnologiesHazelcastHEAVY.AI, Inc.
Initial release2009200020082016
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.0, September 201915.5, September 20205.3.6, November 20235.10, January 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptJava, C++, .NetJavaC++ and CUDA
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
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.nonono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnotemporal, categoricalyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBCGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes, event driven architectureyes infoEventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingShardingShardingSharding infoRound robin
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infoReplicated MapMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno
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.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole-based access controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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