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DBMS > Ehcache vs. GigaSpaces vs. Heroic vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GigaSpaces vs. Heroic vs. SAP IQ

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.gigaspaces.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroichelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGigaspaces TechnologiesSpotifySAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2009200020141994
Current release3.10.0, March 202215.5, September 202016.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, event driven architecturenoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yesSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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