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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. InfluxDB vs. IRONdb

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

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleCloud-based data warehousing serviceDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicity
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.26
Rank#162  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggeospock.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-started
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpockIBMCirconus LLC.
Initial release2009201420132017
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.0, September 20192.7.6, April 2024V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptGoC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedhostedLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyes infotext, numeric, histograms
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 infoImport/export of XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesnotemporal, categoricalyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBC.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
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
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPL/SQL, SQL PLnoyes, in Lua
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlyAutomatic, metric affinity per node
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDnono
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.yesnoyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsno
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EhcacheGeoSpockIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBInfluxDBIRONdb
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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