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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtableazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleMicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Sybase, SAP
Initial release20092015201620131993
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedhostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoTransact SQLJava, SQLyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennone
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 zonesyesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceAtomic single-row operationsACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesnoyes infoTemporary tableno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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