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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GridGain vs. Hive vs. Spark SQL

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache Ignitedata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.gridgain.comhive.apache.orgspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homespark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookApache Software Foundation
Initial release2009200720122014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022GridGain 8.5.13.1.3, April 20223.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetJavaScala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes infoquery execution via MapReduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnono
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno

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