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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. H2 vs. IBM Cloudant vs. InfinityDB

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. H2 vs. IBM Cloudant vs. InfinityDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.h2database.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantboilerbay.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleThomas MuellerIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Boiler Bay Inc.
Initial release20092015200520102002
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.2.220, July 20234.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaErlangJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceAtomic single-row operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoOptimistic lockingyes
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.yesnoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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