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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. GridGain vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InfluxDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  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 scaleGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteCloud-based data warehousing serviceDBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggeospock.comwww.gridgain.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpockGridGain Systems, Inc.IBM
Initial release2009200720142013
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.0, September 2019GridGain 8.5.12.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptJava, C++, .NetGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesNumeric data and Strings
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 infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnotemporal, categoricalyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)PL/SQL, SQL PLno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingShardingShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)yesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate 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 resourcenoACIDACIDno
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 infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts
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EhcacheGeoSpockGridGainIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBInfluxDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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