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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. GridGain vs. Lovefield vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. GridGain vs. Lovefield vs. Teradata Aster

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed 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 IgniteEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggeospock.comwww.gridgain.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpockGridGain Systems, Inc.GoogleTeradata
Initial release2009200720142005
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.0, September 2019GridGain 8.5.12.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptJava, C++, .NetJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
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.nonoyesnoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesnotemporal, categoricalyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noR packages
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)Using read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)noneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
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 resourcenoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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