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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. H2 vs. Memcached vs. OpenQM vs. Stardog

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.h2database.comwww.memcached.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.stardog.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGThomas MuellerDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsStardog-Union
Initial release20092005200319932010
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.2.220, July 20231.6.25, March 20243.4-127.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaJava.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnoyesuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnoyesyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyesMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphs
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 datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles

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