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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Quasardb vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Quasardb vs. Valentina Server

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggeode.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorequasar.aiwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredoc.quasar.ai/­mastervalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.GooglequasardbParadigma Software
Initial release20092002201720091999
Current release3.10.0, March 20221.1, February 20173.14.1, January 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsnoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflowwith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyes, on a single nodeyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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