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DBMS > Ehcache vs. HBase vs. Lovefield vs. OpenQM vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. HBase vs. Lovefield vs. OpenQM vs. TinkerGraph

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orghbase.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetGoogleRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release20092008201419932009
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.3.4, January 20212.1.12, February 20173.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnono
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event ListenersyesUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyesnone
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 or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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