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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GridGain vs. JaguarDB vs. PostGIS vs. Quasardb

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgnitePerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.gridgain.comwww.jaguardb.compostgis.netquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGridGain Systems, Inc.DataJaguar, Inc.quasardb
Initial release20092007201520052009
Current release3.10.0, March 2022GridGain 8.5.13.3 July 20233.4.2, February 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nouser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)noyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)Multi-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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