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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. InfinityDB vs. PouchDB

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DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.A 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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Key-value storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.ehcache.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtableboilerbay.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperAsthon TateTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleBoiler Bay Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release19792009201520022012
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.10.0, March 20224.07.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysno
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 indexesyesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JCachegRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.nononoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
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 Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceAtomic single-row operationsACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)nono

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