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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Hazelcast vs. ObjectBox

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.A widely adopted in-memory data gridExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#374  Overall
#38  Time Series DBMS
Score6.87
Rank#55  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.hawkular.orghazelcast.comobjectbox.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidehazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCommunity supported by Red HatHazelcastObjectBox Limited
Initial release2009201420082017
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
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.nonoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHTTP RESTJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infoEventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infobased on CassandraShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infoReplicated Maponline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACID
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole-based access controlyes
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