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DBMS > Ehcache vs. HBase vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Snowflake vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. HBase vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Snowflake vs. Splunk

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.55
Rank#69  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score31.60
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score845.81
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score125.38
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score89.68
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitewww.ehcache.orghbase.apache.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.snowflake.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMicrosoftSnowflake Computing Inc.Splunk Inc.
Initial release20092008198920142003
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.3.4, January 2021SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyesyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javauser defined functionsyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
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 infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users and roles

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