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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Kinetica vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Kinetica vs. PostGIS vs. SpaceTime

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  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 processesFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.kinetica.compostgis.netwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.kinetica.compostgis.net/­documentation
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.KineticaMireo
Initial release20092002201220052020
Current release3.10.0, March 20221.1, February 20177.1, August 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC, C++CC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
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 nodenoACIDno
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.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes

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