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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GigaSpaces vs. Kinetica vs. NSDb vs. TimesTen

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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 TransactionsFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.gigaspaces.comwww.kinetica.comnsdb.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.kinetica.comnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGigaspaces TechnologiesKineticaOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20092000201220171998
Current release3.10.0, March 202215.5, September 20207.1, August 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetC, C++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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 metadatanonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnoPL/SQL
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, event driven architectureyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingShardingnone
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
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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